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Japanese destroyer Shigure
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| Fate: | Sunk in action, 24 January 1945 |
| Struck: | 10 March 1945 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1,980 tons |
| Length: | 352 ft 8 in (107.5 m) |
| Beam: | 32 ft 6 in (9.9 m) |
| Draft: | 11 ft 6 in (3.5 m) |
| Speed: | 34 knots (63 km/h) |
| Complement: | 180 |
| Armament: | 5 × 5 in ( 127 mm) / 50 caliber DP guns, up to 21 × 25 mm AA guns, up to 4 × 13 mm AA guns, 8 × 24 in torpedo tubes, 16 depth charges |
Shigure was a Shiratsuyu-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "The Frequent Rains of Fall and Winter" (Autumn Shower).
During World War II, Shigure gained a reputation for being strangely lucky or cursed. On three separate occasions — the Battle of Vella Gulf, the Battle of Surigao Strait, and an escort mission with the aircraft carrier Unryū — all other vessels in Shigure's squadron were sunk, and Shigure was the only ship to return.
Shigure's luck ran out on 24 January 1945, when she was torpedoed and sunk by USS Blackfin (SS-322) in the Gulf of Siam, 160 miles (295 km) east of Khota Bharu, Malaya ().
- CombinedFleet.com: Shiratsuyu-class destroyers
- CombinedFleet.com: Shigure history
- Detailed account of Shigure's escort mission with Unryu
| Shiratsuyu-class destroyer |
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Shiratsuyu | Shigure | Murasame | Yudachi | Samidare | Harusame | Yamakaze | Kawakaze | Umikaze | Suzukaze |
| List of ships of the Japanese Navy |
