Sunk at the Battle of Cape St. George where the Americans basically repeated their tactics at Vella Gulf with similar success. Interestingly, Cape St. George is where Commander Kiyoshi Kikkawa, who commanded Yuudachi at the Battle of Guadalcanal and Ooshio at the Battle of the Badoeng Strait, went down on her sister ship Oonami. I actually think it's a damn shame he never saw the Americans before the torpedoes hit because we might have never heard the end of it.

Newgumo is goodgumo

Cute hair design, but why do I have the feeling some of the girls in her class might draw something on her forehead while she's sleeping?

Kuso_Teitoku said:
Newgumo is goodgumo

Except for the cancelled ships, we have only three Yuugumo-class to go.

FJH said:

Except for the cancelled ships, we have only three Yuugumo-class to go.

Four actually.

Eboreg said:

Sunk at the Battle of Cape St. George where the Americans basically repeated their tactics at Vella Gulf with similar success. Interestingly, Cape St. George is where Commander Kiyoshi Kikkawa, who commanded Yuudachi at the Battle of Guadalcanal and Ooshio at the Battle of the Badoeng Strait, went down on her sister ship Oonami. I actually think it's a damn shame he never saw the Americans before the torpedoes hit because we might have never heard the end of it.

IIRC the IJN fleet was hampered by poor visibility due to bad weather, while the Americans tracked them on radar. Kikkawa is mentioned in Tameichi Hara's memoirs, as they had fought together at Guadalcanal, with Hara commanding Amatsukaze.