Pacific ships

IJN · DD

Sunk

Mutsuki-class destroyer. Last in the second transport group at Kula Gulf. She was not hit. She tried to pull the grounded Nagatsuki off and could not.

ClassMutsuki class
TypeDestroyer (DD)
FateSunk. by American carrier aircraft in Manila Bay, 21 September 1944. Not pinned to one plane.
Armament (class)Four single guns and two funnels. All of them were lost.
Command

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.

Satsuki under air attack at Kavieng on 4 January 1944. U.S. Navy photograph, photographer unknown. Wikimedia Commons File:Satsuki-19440104-kavieng.jpg. Public domain.

The pictures on this page are the originals.

Command

Battle of Kula Gulf

1943-07-06 · not hit; could not pull Nagatsuki off