Pacific ships
Diagram of the class, not a photograph of this ship

IJN · DD

Sunk

Akizuki-class destroyer. In Abe's screen on 13 November 1942. A month later she was Tanaka's flagship on a supply run. Off Savo Island, American PT boats put two torpedoes into her stern. The fire reached her depth charges and she sank. Nine men were killed. Not credited to one boat.

ClassAkizuki class
TypeDestroyer (DD)
FateSunk. In Abe's screen on 13 November 1942, and not sunk that night. Sunk off Savo Island on 12 December 1942 by American PT boats. The accounts do not agree which boats, so it is not pinned to one of them.
Armament (class)Anti-aircraft destroyer. Four twin mounts and one funnel.
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.

No photograph of this ship. This is a U.S. Navy recognition sheet of her class, ONI 41-42, March 1943. The sheet calls the class Terutsuki. It is not a picture of her. Public domain.

The pictures on this page are the originals.

Command

Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands

1942-10-26 · in Nagumo's screen. The USSBS table lists medium damage. Not sunk

Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, night action

1942-11-13 · in Abe's screen; not sunk this night

Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, battleship night

1942-11-15 · took off Kirishima's survivors; not sunk this night

Loss of Teruzuki

1942-12-12 · sunk by PT boats

Shot and shell

Taken · sunkfrom American PT boats
Two torpedoes hit Teruzuki's stern. The fire reached her depth charges and she sank. Nine men were killed. Gamble in PT-37 and Taylor in PT-40 each claimed a hit, and so did Kreiner. Not credited to one boat.