Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Imperial Japanese Navy — Destroyer

Japanese destroyer Mutsuki

Mutsuki-class destroyer

Japanese destroyer Mutsuki
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Service

  1. Imperial Japanese Navy as Mutsuki? — 1 October 19421,126 days of the war
Mutsuki-class destroyer Particulars
Name
Mutsuki
Namesake
January
Builder
Sasebo Naval Arsenal
Laid down
21 May 1924
Launched
23 July 1925
Struck
1 October 1942
Fate
Sunk by American bombers, 25 August 1942
By aircraft (1942)
Status
Wreck

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,315 long tons (1,336 t)
Displacement, full load
1,772 long tons (1,800 t)
Length
102.4 m (336 ft) OA
Beam
9.16 m (30.1 ft)
Draught
2.96 m (9.7 ft)
Speed
37.3 knots (69 km/h, 42.9 mph)
Range
4,000 nmi (7,408 km)
Complement
150
Main gun
120 mm (4.7 in)

Mutsuki was a Mutsuki-class destroyer built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. The ship was named after January. Sasebo Naval Arsenal laid her keel on 21 May 1924. She was launched on 23 July 1925.

She was one of twelve ships of her class. The class followed the Kamikaze-class destroyer (1922) and was succeeded by the Fubuki-class destroyer.

She displaced 1,315 long tons standard and 1,772 long tons at full load. She measured 102.4 m (336 ft) long with a beam of 9.2 m (30 ft). Her designed speed was 37.2 knots, and she carried a complement of 150.

Her main battery was four 120 mm (4.7 in) guns. Her machinery developed 38,500 shp through two shafts.

She was in commission for 1,126 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 1 October 1942.

She was sunk on 25 August 1942 by aircraft, at 7°47′S 160°13′E. The wreck survives.

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Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 2 shafts; 2 × Kampon geared steam turbines
Power
  • 38500 shp
  • 4 × Kampon water-tube boilers
Armament
  • 4 × 12 cm Type 3 guns
  • 2 × triple 61 cm torpedo tubes
  • 18 × depth charges
  • 16 × mines

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