IJN · DD
SunkAkizuki-class destroyer. She fought the Battle off Cape Engano to cover the rescue of Zuikaku and Zuiho survivors, faced American cruisers and destroyers for about two hours, and was sunk with 8 survivors.
| Class | Akizuki class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Builder | Maizuru Naval Arsenal |
| Launched | 1942-04-03 |
| Commissioned | 1942-12-29 |
| Fate | Sunk. Lost on 25 October 1944 in the Battle off Cape Engano, in a gun duel with an American cruiser-destroyer group. Eight of her crew survived. |
| Armament (class) | Anti-aircraft destroyer. Four twin mounts and one funnel. |
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.
Hatsuzuki on her trial run, December 1942. Photo from the Kure Maritime Museum's destroyer album (Todaka, ed.). Wikimedia Commons File:IJN Hatsuzuki 1942.jpg. Public domain.
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Command
Battle of the Philippine Sea
1944-06-19 · in the screen of Carrier Division 1; helped rescue Taiho survivors; not sunk
Battle off Cape Engaño
1944-10-25 · sunk by gunfire from DuBose's cruisers. Not credited to one ship
Shot and shell
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