I.J.N. Yahagi
1944
(Neptun 1241)
- Class: Agano - 4 ships of 1941-42
- Displacement: 6,652 tons
- Dimensions: 531 (pp) 571 (oa) x 49.75 x 18.5 ft.
- Machinery: 4-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 100,000 = 35 knots
- Armament: 6-6.1 in. (3x2), 4-3 in. A.A. (2x2) guns, 32-25 mm. A.A., 8-24 in. T.T. (2x4); 2 aircraft
- Complement:
- Builder: Sasebo Naval Yard
- Laid Down: 11 Nov 1941
- Launched: 25 Oct 1942
- Completed: 29 Dec 1943
- Service: Assumed role of leader of the 10th Destroyer Flotilla, seeing action in the Marianas May-Jun 1944. Part of Carrier Group A during the Battle of the Philippine Sea and part of Kurita's Center Force at the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Accompanied battleship Yamato on last sortie to Okinawa. Sunk by carrier aircraft, mainly from USS Langley, 7 Apr 1945
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