IJN · DD
Kisaragi
Photos and infoMutsuki-class destroyer. On 11 December 1941 she was retiring from Wake when a 100-pound bomb hit her. The cruiser records credit Captain Henry T. Elrod of VMF-211, and say the bomb probably set off the depth charges on her stern. She sank with all hands. Her own record does not name the pilot. The accounts do not agree on the time. She was the one ship his citation credits.
| Class | Mutsuki class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Builder | Maizuru |
| Launched | 1925-06-05 |
| Commissioned | 1925-12-21 |
| Fate | Sunk. off Wake Island on 11 December 1941 after a bomb from a VMF-211 Wildcat. All hands were lost, including Lieutenant Commander Yoichiro Ogawa and 156 men. The cruiser records name Captain Henry T. Elrod and put the explosion at 0731. Her own record says a bomb blew off most of the bridge at 0537 and she sank at 0542, and it does not name the pilot. |
| Armament (class) | Four single guns and two funnels. All of them were lost. |
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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.
Shizuo Fukui, February 1927. Kisaragi, with 21 on the hull. The bow number 30 is a fleet number. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The pictures on this page are the originals.
No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.
Command
Battle of Wake Island
1941-12-11 · sunk
