Pacific ships

IJN · DD

Wakatsuki

Photos and info
Sunk

Akizuki-class destroyer. At Empress Augusta Bay she was with Agano, Naganami, and Hatsukaze. Not sunk. Carrier aircraft sank her in Ormoc Bay on 11 November 1944. Not credited to one plane.

ClassAkizuki class
TypeDestroyer (DD)
BuilderMitsubishi, Nagasaki
Launched1942-11-24
Commissioned1943-05-31
FateSunk. Not sunk at Empress Augusta Bay. Sunk 11 November 1944 in Ormoc Bay by carrier aircraft. Not credited to one plane.
Armament (class)Anti-aircraft destroyer. Four twin mounts and one funnel.

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.

Wakatsuki off Leyte in 1944. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The pictures on this page are the originals.

Battle of Empress Augusta Bay

1943-11-02 · with Agano; not sunk

Sunk
AganoCL · IJN
Photos and infoBattle of Empress Augusta Bay
Afloat
Charles AusburneDD · DD-570 · USN
Photos and infoBattle of Empress Augusta Bay
Afloat
ClaxtonDD · DD-571 · USN
Photos and infoBattle of Empress Augusta BayBattle of Surigao Strait
Afloat
ClevelandCL · CL-55 · USN
Photos and infoBattle of Blackett StraitBattle of Empress Augusta Bay
Afloat
ColumbiaCL · CL-56 · USN
Photos and infoBattle of Empress Augusta BayBattle of Surigao Strait
Afloat
ConverseDD · DD-509 · USN
Photos and infoBattle of Empress Augusta Bay
Afloat
DenverCL · CL-58 · USN
Photos and infoBattle of Blackett StraitBattle of Empress Augusta BayBattle of Surigao Strait
Afloat
DysonDD · DD-572 · USN
Photos and infoBattle of Empress Augusta Bay
Afloat
FooteDD · DD-511 · USN
Photos and infoBattle of Empress Augusta Bay
Sunk
HaguroCA · IJN
Photos and infoBattle of the Java SeaBattle of the Coral SeaBattle of Empress Augusta BayBattle of the Sibuyan SeaBattle off Samar
Sunk
HatsukazeDD · IJN
Photos and infoBattle of the Java SeaThe loss of PerchBattle of the Santa Cruz IslandsBattle of Empress Augusta Bay
Afloat
MontpelierCL · CL-57 · USN
Photos and infoBattle of Blackett StraitBattle of Empress Augusta Bay
Afloat
MyokoCA · IJN
Photos and infoBattle of the Coral SeaBattle of the Santa Cruz IslandsBattle of Empress Augusta Bay
Sunk
NaganamiDD · IJN
Photos and infoBattle of the Santa Cruz IslandsBattle of TassafarongaBattle of Empress Augusta Bay
Sunk
SamidareDD · IJN
Photos and infoBattle of BalikpapanBattle of the Java SeaNaval Battle of Guadalcanal, night actionNaval Battle of Guadalcanal, battleship nightBattle of Vella LavellaBattle of Empress Augusta Bay
Sunk
SendaiCL · IJN
Photos and infoNaval Battle of Guadalcanal, battleship nightBattle of Empress Augusta Bay
Sunk
ShigureDD · IJN
Photos and infoBattle of the Coral SeaAleutian IslandsLoss of PT-109Battle of Vella GulfBattle off HoraniuBattle of Vella LavellaBattle of Empress Augusta BayBattle of Surigao StraitLoss of GrowlerThe loss of Shigure
Sunk
ShiratsuyuDD · IJN
Photos and infoBattle of the Coral SeaBattle of Empress Augusta Bay
Sunk
SpenceDD · DD-512 · USN
Photos and infoBattle of Empress Augusta Bay
Afloat
StanlyDD · DD-478 · USN
Photos and infoBattle of Empress Augusta Bay
Afloat
ThatcherDD · DD-514 · USN
Photos and infoBattle of Empress Augusta BayOkinawa