Japanese destroyer Akigumo

Akigumo (秋雲) was an Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer of the Kagerō-class destroyer.

Shortly after the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands during the early hours of 27 October 1942, Akigumo along with the destroyer Makigumo sunk the heavily damaged and abandoned USS Hornet. US Naval ships had attempted to scuttle Hornet earlier but failed to do so before Japanese naval forces forced the US ships to withdraw.

Akigumo served during the Pacific war in various theatres and by 1943/44 received the typical mid-war radar and AA refits, bringing the light AA outfit finally to four triple and one twin 25mm mounts, plus some singles, and mounting both the active type 22 and the passive type E-27 radars.

On 11 April 1944, Akigumo was torpedoed and sunk by USS Redfin (SS-272) 30 miles (55 km) southeast of Zamboanga Peninsula, Philippines (6.71667°N, 122.38333°W).