IJN · DD
SunkMutsuki-class destroyer. She escorted the invasions of the Philippines and Java and made many Tokyo Express runs in 1943. USS Harder sank her off Tawitawi on 6 June 1944.
| Class | Mutsuki class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Builder | Uraga Dock Company |
| Launched | 1926-05-25 |
| Commissioned | 1927-03-22 |
| Fate | Sunk. Torpedoed and sunk by USS Harder on 6 June 1944 off Tawitawi, escorting a tanker convoy to Balikpapan. Wakatsuki rescued 45 survivors; her captain, Lieutenant Kieji Isobe, was not among them. |
| Armament (class) | Four single guns and two funnels. All of them were lost. |
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.
Minazuki, photographed in February 1927. Photo from the Kure Maritime Museum's destroyer album (Todaka, ed.). Wikimedia Commons File:Minazuki II.jpg. Public domain.
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Battle of Kolombangara
1943-07-13 · destroyer-transport; the troops got ashore; not sunk
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