IJN · DD
Mochizuki
Photos and infoMutsuki-class destroyer. She was with the Wake Island attack force on 11 December 1941 and again for the landing on 23 December. Her record does not list a hit there. At Kula Gulf she was in the first transport group and landed her troops. On the way out, Nicholas and Radford fired on her. Accounts disagree on whether she was hit.
| Class | Mutsuki class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Fate | Sunk. by American aircraft east of New Britain, 24 October 1943. |
| 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. Mochizuki, with the name on the hull. 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 · with the attack force; not recorded as hit
Battle of Kula Gulf
1943-07-06 · landed troops; fired on later; whether she was hit is disputed
