IJN · DD
SunkMutsuki-class destroyer. Strafing at Tulagi on 4 May 1942 killed her captain. She led the last Tokyo Express runs to New Britain and the final evacuation of Rabaul in February 1944, and was sunk off Ormoc on 12 December 1944.
| Class | Mutsuki class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Builder | Fujinagata Shipyards, Osaka |
| Launched | 1927-03-04 |
| Commissioned | 1927-07-25 |
| Fate | Sunk. by Marine aircraft on 12 December 1944 northeast of Cebu, escorting a troop convoy from Manila to Ormoc. Twenty of her crew were killed and 217 survivors were rescued by Kiri. |
| Armament (class) | Four single guns and two funnels. All of them were lost. |
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.
Yuzuki, photographed on 5 July 1928. Photo from the Kure Maritime Museum's destroyer album (Todaka, ed.). Wikimedia Commons File:Yuzuki.jpg. Public domain.
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Battle of the Coral Sea
1942-05-08 · at the Tulagi landing, 3 and 4 May 1942; strafed by aircraft, 10 killed including her captain; not sunk
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