Japanese destroyer Makigumo (1941)
 Makigumo on 14 March 1942
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| History | |
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 Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Makigumo |
| Builder | Fujinagata Shipyards, Osaka |
| Laid down | 23 December 1940 |
| Launched | 5 November 1941 |
| Completed | 14 March 1942 |
| Stricken | 1 March 1943 |
| Fate | Scuttled, 1 February 1943 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Yūgumo-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 2,520 long tons (2,560 t) |
| Length | 119.15 m (390 ft 11 in) |
| Beam | 10.8 m (35 ft 5 in) |
| Draught | 3.75 m (12 ft 4 in) |
| Speed | 35 knots (40 mph; 65 km/h) |
| Complement | 228 |
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Makigumo (巻雲) was a Yūgumo-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "Cirrus Clouds" (Rolling Clouds).
Design and description
The Yūgumo class was a repeat of the preceding
The main armament of the Yūgumo class consisted of six
Career
Following the Battle of Midway in June 1942, downed American aircrew SBD Ensign Frank W. O'Flaherty[5] and AMM1c Bruno Gaido[6] were pulled from the water by Makigumo. After an interrogation, the crew tied weights around the feet of O'Flaherty and Gaido and threw them into the Pacific to drown, instead of keeping them prisoner until they reached Japan. Makigumo's crew thought of it as payback for the loss in the battle of Midway of the aircraft carriers Akagi, Kaga, Sōryū, and Hiryū, which had formed two-thirds of the Kidō Butai Pearl Harbor attack force.
Shortly after the
On 1 February 1943, Makigumo was on a troop evacuation run to Guadalcanal. While maneuvering to avoid a PT boat attack, she struck a mine. The destroyer Yūgumo removed 237 survivors, including Cdr Isamu Fujita, and scuttled Makigumo with a torpedo, 3 miles (4.8 km) south-southwest of Savo Island (09°15′S 159°47′E / 9.250°S 159.783°E).
References
- ^ Sturton 1980, p. 195
- ^ a b c Whitley 1988, p. 203
- ^ Jentschura, Jung & Mickel 1977, p. 150
- ^ Campbell 1985, p. 192
- ^ "O'Flaherty, Frank Woodrow, ENS". Navy.togetherweserved.
- ^ "Gaido, Bruno Peter, PO1". Navy.togetherweserved.
Bibliography
- Campbell, John (1985). Naval Weapons of World War II. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-459-4.
- Jentschura, Hansgeorg; Jung, Dieter & Mickel, Peter (1977). Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869–1945. Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute. ISBN 0-87021-893-X.
- Sturton, Ian (1980). "Japan". In Chesneau, Roger (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. pp. 167–217. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
- ISBN 1-85409-521-8.
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