Makinami

IJN
Yugumo Class Destroyer

Dimensions
390' 11" | 35' 5" | 12' 4"

Crew
228

Armament
6 × 5 in (127 mm) guns,
up to 28 × 25 mm AA guns,
up to 4 × 13 mm AA guns,
8 × 610 mm Type 93 torpedo tubes,
36 depth charges

 

 

Ship History
Makinami means "Overflowing Waves" (Rolling Wave). Built August 18, 1942.

Sinking History
On the night of November 24-25, 1943 on a troop evacuation run to Buka, she was sunk in the Battle of Cape St. George, sunk November 25, 1943 rougly halfway between Buka and New Ireland.

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Map
05°14′S
153°50′E
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