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| IJN Yūgumo-class destroyer 2,520 Tons 390' 11" x 35' 5" x 12' 4" 6 x 127mm 50 cal DP guns 28 x 25mm AA guns 4 x 13.2mm MG 8 x torpedo tubes 36 x depth charges |
Ship History Built by Uraga Dock Company at Uraga. Laid down May 29, 1941 as a Yūgumo-class destroyer. Launched 16 March 1942 as Takanami 高波 meaning "High Waves" or "Tall Wave" in Japanese. Completed August 31, 1942 and commissioned in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) under the command of Commander Masami Ogura. Wartime History On September 27, 1942 departs Saeki escorting a convoy bound for Rabaul. On October 1, 1942 while underway assigned to Destroyer Divison 31 (DesDiv 31) with Naganami and Makinami, Desron 2, Second Fleet and became the flagship of Captain Toshio Shimizu, Comdesdiv 31. On October 7, 1942 off Rabaul rescues survivors of Naminoue Maru and arrives the same day. On October 10, 1942 departs Rabaul bound for Truk. On October 13, 1942 escorts Kongō and Haruna southward via "The Slot" bound for Guadalcanal. On October 14, 1942 the escorting destroyers provide covering firing targeting shore batteries while the battleships bombard Henderson Field on Guadalcanal. On October 15, 1942 escorts Myōkō and Maya bound for Guadalcanal. On October 16, 1942 they conduct a shore bombardment of Henderson Field on Guadalcanal. On October 26, 1942 during the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands assigned to the Advance Force under the command of Vice Admiral Nobutake Kondō with Junyō, two battleships, four heavy cruisers including Atago, one light cruiser, and ten destroyers. On November 3, 1942 escorts Suzuya and Maya from Truk to Shortland. On November 7, 1942 departs Shortland on a troop transport "Tokyo Express" run bound for Guadalcanal and was damaged by a near miss that results in seventeen casualties aboard Takanami and Naganami. On November 13, 1942 escorts a convoy during the Naval Battle for Guadalcanal and two days later returns to Shortland. Sinking History On November 30, 1942 departs Shortland escorting a supply-drum transport run to Guadalcanal. At 11:20pm at the start of the Battle of Tassafaronga sunk by gunfire from USS Honolulu (CL-48), USS Minneapolis (CA-36), USS New Orleans (CA-32), USS Northampton (CA-26) and USS Pensacola (CA-24) roughly ten miles south of Savo Island in Iron Bottom Sound off Guadalcanal at roughly Lat 9° 185 S, Long 159° 56 E. During the engagement and sinking, 197 crew were killed including Captain Shimizu and Commander Ogura. Officially removed from the Navy list December 24, 1942. Fates of the Crew Forty-eight of her surviving crew reached the north coast of Guadalcanal and nineteen were captured by U.S. forces and became Prisoners Of War (POWs). References Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) Japanese Naval and Merchant Shipping Losses During World War II by All Causes pages 4 (Takanami), 119 (index Takanami) Combined Fleet: IJN Takanami: Tabular Record of Movement Contribute
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