Japanese destroyer Yūgure (1934)

	Hatsuharu-class destroyer Yūgure
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Yūgure
Ordered	FY 1933
Builder	Maizuru Naval Arsenal
Laid down	9 April 1933
Launched	6 May 1934
Commissioned	30 March 1935
Stricken	15 October 1943
Fate	Sunk in action, 20 July 1943
General characteristics
Class and type	Hatsuharu-class destroyer
Displacement	1,530 t (1,510 long tons)
Length	103.5 m (340 ft) pp,; 105.5 m (346 ft) waterline; 109.5 m (359 ft) overall;
Beam	10 m (32 ft 10 in)
Draught	3.38 m (11 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	2 shaft Kampon geared turbines; 3 boilers, 42,000 hp (31,000 kW);
Speed	36 knots (41 mph; 67 km/h)
Range	4,000 nmi (7,400 km) at 14 kn (26 km/h)
Complement	212
Armament	(as built) 2 × 2, 1 × 1 - 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 naval gun; 2 × 1 - 40 mm AA guns; 3 × 3 - 61 cm (24 in) torpedo tubes; 18 × depth charges;

Yūgure (夕暮, ”Twilight”) was the sixth and last Hatsuharu-class destroyer, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy under the Circle One Program (Maru Ichi Keikaku). Three were laid down in JFY 1931 and the next three in JFY 1933.

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