Japanese destroyer Mutsuki
Service
- as Mutsuki? — 1 October 19421,126 days of the war
- 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.
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 × 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
Sister ships
- Japanese destroyer Fumizuki (1926)
- Japanese destroyer Kikuzuki (1926)
- Japanese destroyer Kisaragi (1925)
- Japanese destroyer Mikazuki (1926)
- Japanese destroyer Minazuki (1926)
- Japanese destroyer Mochizuki (1927)
- Japanese destroyer Nagatsuki (1926)
- Japanese destroyer Satsuki (1925)
- Japanese destroyer Uzuki (1925)
- Japanese destroyer Yayoi (1925)
- Japanese destroyer Yūzuki
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese destroyer Mutsuki on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons