IJN · DD
Mikazuki
Photos and infoMutsuki-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.
Mutsuki classSaseboLaunched 1926-07-12Commissioned 1927-05-05Ran onto a reef off Cape Gloucester on 27 July 1943. American B-25s destroyed her the next morning. Eight men were killed.
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.
Command
Battle of Kula Gulf
1943-07-06 · landed troops; not in the gunfight
