Pacific ships
DD

IJN · DD

Nagatsuki

Photos and info
Sunk

Mutsuki-class destroyer. In the second transport group at Kula Gulf. One shell hit her and she ran aground short of Vila. Satsuki could not pull her off. Aircraft destroyed her later that day.

Mutsuki classIshikawajimaLaunched 1926-10-06Commissioned 1927-04-30Hit at Kula Gulf on 6 July 1943, ran aground, and Allied aircraft destroyed her that day. Not pinned to one ship or one plane.

Command

KSKazuo ShibayamaCaptain from 15 October 1940KNKanefumi NinokataCaptain from 15 April 1942TFTameo FurukawaCaptain from 1 June 1943

Battle of Kula Gulf

1943-07-06 · hit, ran aground, destroyed by aircraft that day

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Shot and shell

Taken · sunkfrom the American column, then Allied aircraft
One shell hit Nagatsuki and she ran aground short of Vila. Allied aircraft destroyed her later that day. Not pinned to one ship or one plane.