Combat envelope
Range and detection
Every bar uses the same 15 km scale. Surface detection is a visibility threshold, not a weapon range.
Ship Database
Tier IX
Destroyer
Japan
Yūgumo
The improved Kagerō class was built under the fleet expansion programs of 1939 and 1941. It comprised as many as 19 destroyers. Unlike their predecessors, these ships featured a new type of gun mount. Yūgumo was laid down in June 1940 and commissioned the next year. The destroyer participated in the Battles of Midway, the Eastern Solomons, and the Santa...
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The improved Kagerō class was built under the fleet expansion programs of 1939 and 1941. It comprised as many as 19 destroyers. Unlike their predecessors, these ships featured a new type of gun mount. Yūgumo was laid down in June 1940 and commissioned the next year. The destroyer participated in the Battles of Midway, the Eastern Solomons, and the Santa Cruz Islands. She also transported reinforcements to Guadalcanal. On October 7, 1943, Yūgumo was sunk by American destroyers near the island of Vella Lavella.
- Credits
- 13,200,000
At a glance
The numbers that shape the ship
- Hit points
- 13,900
- Maximum speed
- 35.5 knots
- Surface detection
- 6.8 km
- Main battery range
- 10.9 km
- Main battery reload
- 5.0 s
Damage comparison
Published maximum per hit
Bars are normalized only against this ship's highest listed hit. They are not salvo damage, expected damage or DPM.
Handling, concealment and protectionOverview
Handling
- Maximum speed
- 35.5 knots
- Turning circle radius
- 640 m
- Rudder shift time
- 5.1 s
Concealment
- Surface detection
- 6.8 km
- Air detection
- 3.1 km
- Submarine detection
- 3.1 km
Survivability
- Hit points
- 13,900
- Torpedo damage reduction
- 0 %
Published armour thickness
Only positive values supplied by the API are shown.
- Overall published range
- 6–20 mm
Weapons and payloadsArmament
Surface armament
Main battery
- Maximum range
- 10.9 km
- Reload time
- 5.0 s
- Rate of fire
- 10.5 rounds/min
- 180° turn time
- 22.8 s
- Maximum dispersion
- 97 m
Shells
Damage is the API's published maximum for one shell hit.
127 mm HE Type1
HE- Maximum damage per hit
- 2,150
- Fire chance
- 9.0 %
- Muzzle velocity
- 915 m/s
- Shell mass
- 23 kg
127 mm AP Type0
AP- Maximum damage per hit
- 2,200
- Muzzle velocity
- 915 m/s
- Shell mass
- 23 kg
Gun layout
- Mount
- 127 mm/50 3rd Year Type on a Type C mount
- Mounts
- 3
- Barrels each
- 2
Automatic armament
Secondary battery
Underwater armament
Torpedoes
Type 93 mod. 2
- Maximum range
- 10.0 km
- Maximum damage per hit
- 20,966
- Reload time
- 112 s
- Speed
- 67 knots
- Detectability
- 1.7 km
- 180° turn time
- 7.2 s
Torpedo-tube layout
- Mount
- 610 mm Quad
- Mounts
- 2
- Tubes each
- 4
Anti-aircraft defence
- Aura
- 25 mm/60 Type 96 on a single mount
- Calibre
- 25 mm
- Mounts
- 4
- Aura
- 25 mm/60 Type 96 on a twin mount
- Calibre
- 25 mm
- Mounts
- 3
- Aura
- 127 mm/50 3rd Year Type on a Type C mount
- Calibre
- 127 mm
- Mounts
- 3
Depth charges
- Maximum damage per charge
- 4,600
- Maximum packs
- 2
- Charges per pack
- 12
- Reload time
- 40.0 s
Modules, hull and progressionTechnical data
Default hull
- Hull hit points
- 13,900
- Main-battery barrels
- 3
- Torpedo tubes
- 2
- AA mounts
- 10
Engine
- Published maximum speed
- 35.5 knots
Fire control
Module research tree
Names, research prices and defaults are reported directly by the API.
Type9 mod. 1
Default- Type
- Suo
- Purchase
- 530,000 credits
- Next modules
- 1
Type9 mod. 2
- Type
- Suo
- Research
- 14,000 XP
- Purchase
- 1,100,000 credits
Propulsion: 52,000 hp
Default- Type
- Engine
- Purchase
- 900,000 credits
Yūgumo (A)
Default- Type
- Hull
- Purchase
- 980,000 credits
- Next modules
- 1
Yūgumo (B)
- Type
- Hull
- Research
- 26,000 XP
- Purchase
- 2,000,000 credits
- Next ships
- 1
127 mm/50 3rd Year Type on a Type C mount
Default- Type
- Artillery
- Purchase
- 1,000,000 credits
Type 93 mod. 2
Default- Type
- Torpedoes
- Purchase
- 1,800,000 credits
- Next modules
- 1
Type F3
- Type
- Torpedoes
- Research
- 30,000 XP
- Purchase
- 2,500,000 credits
- Next modules
- 1
Type 93 mod. 3
- Type
- Torpedoes
- Research
- 30,000 XP
- Purchase
- 2,500,000 credits
Compatible upgrades
Official modernization descriptions and listed purchase prices. Effects still depend on the slot and configuration used in game.
Propulsion Modification 1
ModernizationReduces time to full speed
- Credits
- 1,000,000
Torpedo Tubes Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 500,000
Concealment System Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 2,000,000
Main Armaments Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 125,000
Torpedo Tubes Modification 2
Modernization- Credits
- 3,000,000
Aiming Systems Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 500,000
Damage Control System Modification 2
Modernization- Credits
- 1,000,000
Torpedo Lookout System
Modernization- Credits
- 2,000,000
Main Battery Modification 3
Modernization- Credits
- 3,000,000
Steering Gears Modification 2
Modernization- Credits
- 2,000,000
Main Battery Modification 2
Modernization- Credits
- 500,000
Damage Control System Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 250,000
Steering Gears Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 1,000,000
Auxiliary Armaments Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 125,000
Gun Fire Control System Modification 2
Modernization- Credits
- 3,000,000
AA Guns Modification 1
Modernization- Credits
- 500,000
Next ships
Research costs published in this ship's official progression data.
- Ship
- Shimakaze
- Research cost
- 223,000 XP
- Available module groups
- 10
- Compatible upgrades
- 16
- Researchable next ships
- 1
- Upgrade slots
- 6
- Published battle levels
- 9–11
Cross-nation comparison
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