IJN · DD
SunkMutsuki-class destroyer, named for the crescent moon. At Kula Gulf she landed troops with the first transport group and was not in the gunfight. She broke her back on a reef off Cape Gloucester, and bombers finished her the next morning.
| Class | Mutsuki class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Builder | Sasebo |
| Launched | 1926-07-12 |
| Commissioned | 1927-05-05 |
| Fate | Sunk. Ran onto a reef off Cape Gloucester on 27 July 1943. American B-25s destroyed her the next morning. Eight men were killed. |
| 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. Mikazuki, the Mutsuki-class destroyer, with the after funnel cut down. She was the only ship of the class altered that way. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Command
Battle of Kula Gulf
1943-07-06 · landed troops; not in the gunfight
Battle of Kolombangara
1943-07-13 · ahead of Jintsu; not sunk that night
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