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* She shares a captain (Tameichi Hara) with both [[Amatsukaze]] and [[Yahagi]]. Captain Hara was the only IJN Destroyer Captain from the start of the war to survive to the very end.
 
* She shares a captain (Tameichi Hara) with both [[Amatsukaze]] and [[Yahagi]]. Captain Hara was the only IJN Destroyer Captain from the start of the war to survive to the very end.
 
* Shigure was known as one of the lucky ships of the war, sometimes referred to as ''Shigure of Sasebo'', similarly as ''[[Yukikaze]] of Kure''.  
 
* Shigure was known as one of the lucky ships of the war, sometimes referred to as ''Shigure of Sasebo'', similarly as ''[[Yukikaze]] of Kure''.  
** She participated in at least ten major Pacific Theater battles, in which she always suffered minor to no damage, until she was sunk a few months before the end of the war from a torpedo attack.
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** She participated in at least ten major Pacific Theater battles, in which she always suffered medium to no damage, until she was sunk a few months before the end of the war from a torpedo attack.
 
***  At the [[wikipedia:Battle_of_Vella_Gulf|Battle of Vella Gulf]], only destroyer to survive from surprise torpedo salvos because the torpedo hitting her did not explode.
 
***  At the [[wikipedia:Battle_of_Vella_Gulf|Battle of Vella Gulf]], only destroyer to survive from surprise torpedo salvos because the torpedo hitting her did not explode.
 
*** At the [[wikipedia:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf|Battle of Leyte Gulf]], she pulled through hail of shell in front, while the rest of [[Quests#A44|Nishimura Force]] had sunk. Then she fled and became the sole survivor.
 
*** At the [[wikipedia:Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf|Battle of Leyte Gulf]], she pulled through hail of shell in front, while the rest of [[Quests#A44|Nishimura Force]] had sunk. Then she fled and became the sole survivor.
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*** At [[wikipedia:Operation_Hailstone|Operation HailStone]], She suffered heavy damage in an air raid on Truk by United States Navy aircraft, taking a direct bomb hit to her No.2 gun turret,her maximum speed was limited to 25 knots.
 
** This led her to have very high luck after her second remodeling, though this is slightly lower than that of [[Yukikaze|''Yukikaze'']].
 
** This led her to have very high luck after her second remodeling, though this is slightly lower than that of [[Yukikaze|''Yukikaze'']].
 
* She received antiaircraft armaments the most among her class, resulting in her strong AA stats
 
* She received antiaircraft armaments the most among her class, resulting in her strong AA stats
* Sunk in action 24 January 1945 near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kota_Bharu Kota Bharu], Malaya (now Malaysia) ([http://tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Japanese_destroyer_Shigure&params=06_00_N_103_48_E_ 06°00′N 103°48′E]).
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* Sunk in action 7:15(JST) 24 January 1945 near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kota_Bharu Kota Bharu], Malaya (now Malaysia) ([http://tools.wmflabs.org/geohack/geohack.php?pagename=Japanese_destroyer_Shigure&params=06_00_N_103_48_E_ 06°00′N 103°48′E]).
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