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

Japanese destroyer Natsuzuki

Akizuki-class destroyer (1942) destroyer

Japanese destroyer Natsuzuki
Unknown author — Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons. : This pre-1945 image is believed to be copyright-free, as it is a Japanese photograph older than 50 years. Found at: [1] — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Natsuzuki ( Akizuki -class) in late 1945, after the war. The second artillery turret is removed.

Service

  1. Imperial Japanese Navy as Natsuzuki? — 5 October 19452,193 days of the war
  2. Royal Navy25 August 1947 — 1 March 1948
Akizuki-class destroyer (1942) destroyer Particulars
Name
Natsuzuki
Builder
Sasebo Naval Arsenal
Laid down
1 May 1944
Launched
2 December 1944
Struck
5 October 1945
Fate
scrapped, 1 March 1948 (1948)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
2,701 long tons (2,744 t)
Length
134.2 m (440.3 ft)
Beam
11.6 m (38.1 ft)
Draught
4.15 m (13.6 ft)
Speed
33 knots (61.1 km/h, 38 mph)
Range
8,300 nmi (15,372 km)
Complement
300
Main gun
100 mm (3.9 in)

Natsuzuki was a Akizuki-class destroyer (1942) destroyer in service with the Imperial Japanese Navy. Sasebo Naval Arsenal laid her keel on 1 May 1944. She was launched on 2 December 1944.

She displaced 2,701 long tons. She measured 134.2 m (440 ft) long with a beam of 11.6 m (38 ft). Her designed speed was 33 knots, and she carried a complement of 300.

Her main battery was eight 100 mm (3.9 in) guns in four twin mountings. Her machinery developed 52,000 shp.

She served with the Imperial Japanese Navy as Natsuzuki until 5 October 1945. She then passed to the Royal Navy from 25 August 1947. She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 5 October 1945.

She was broken up for scrap on 1 March 1948.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines
Power
  • 3 × water-tube boilers
  • 52000 shp
Armament
  • 4 × twin 100 mm DP guns
  • 7 × triple and 20 × single 25 mm AA guns
  • 1 × quadruple 610 mm torpedo tubes
  • 2 × depth charge throwers and 2 sets of rails; 72 × depth charges

Sister ships

Sources

  • Facts harvested from Japanese destroyer Natsuzuki on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Unknown author — Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons. : This pre-1945 image is believed to be copyright-free, as it is a Japanese photograph older than 50 years. Found at: [1] — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons