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Mutsuki

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
第19駆逐艦 [19-go], 1928- 睦月 [Mutsuki]			Sasebo K K	5/1924	23.7.1925	3/1926	sunk 25.8.1942
第21駆逐艦 [21-go], 1928-  如月 [Kisaragi]			Maizuru K K	6/1924	5.6.1925	12/1925	sunk 11.12.1941
第23駆逐艦 [23-go], 1928-  弥生 [Yayoi]			Uraga, Tokyo	1/1924	11.7.1925	8/1926	sunk 11.9.1942
第25駆逐艦 [25-go], 1928-  卯月 [Uzuki]			Ishikawajima, Tokyo	1/1924	15.10.1925	9/1926	sunk 12.2.1944
第27駆逐艦 [27-go], 1928-  皐月 [Satsuki]			Fujinagata, Osaka	12/1924	25.3.1925	11/1925	sunk 21.9.1944
第28駆逐艦 [28-go], 1928-  水無月 [Minazuki]			Uraga, Tokyo	3/1925	25.5.1926	3/1927	sunk 6.6.1944
第29駆逐艦 [29-go], 1928-  文月 [Fumizuki]			Fujinagata, Osaka	10/1924	16.2.1926	7/1926	sunk 18.2.1944
第30駆逐艦 [30-go], 1928-  長月 [Nagatsuki]			Ishikawajima, Tokyo	4/1925	6.10.1926	4/1927	sunk 6.7.1943
第31駆逐艦 [31-go], 1928-  菊月 [Kikuzuki]			Maizuru K K	6/1925	15.5.1926	11/1926	sunk 4.5.1942
第32駆逐艦 [32-go], 1928-  三日月 [Mikazuki]			Sasebo K K	8/1925	12.7.1926	5/1927	sunk 28.7.1943
第33駆逐艦 [33-go], 1928-  望月 [Mochizuki]			Uraga, Tokyo	3/1926	28.4.1927	10/1927	sunk 24.10.1943
第34駆逐艦 [34-go], 1928-  夕月 [Yuzuki]			Fujinagata, Osaka	11/1926	4.3.1927	7/1927	sunk 12.12.1944

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1315
Displacement full, t	1772
Length, m	97.5 pp 100.2 wl 102.7 oa
Breadth, m	9.16
Draught, m	2.96
No of shafts	2
Machinery	19-go, 21-go, 25-go, 27 - 29-go, 31 - 34-go: 2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 4 Kampon boilers 23-go: 2 sets Rateau geared steam turbines, 4 Kampon boilers 30-go: 2 sets Zoelly geared steam turbines, 4 Kampon boilers
Power, h. p.	38500
Max speed, kts	37.2
Fuel, t	oil 420
Endurance, nm(kts)	4000(15)
Armament	4 x 1 - 120/45 3-shiki, 2 x 1 - 7.7/80, 2 x 3 - 610 TT, 2 DCT (18), 16 mines, mechanical minesweeping gear
Complement	150

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Project history

Built under the 1923 Programme, improved Kamikaze class, Became last Japanese destroyers with TT installed before fore superstructure. TT became triple, and their calibre has increased to 610mm. Transition to triple mounts has allowed to shrink their number at invariable quantity of torpedoes in side salvo. Remaining armament repeated Kamikaze. Outwardly Mutsuki class ships differed from predecessors by S-shaped stem form, for long years become characteristic feature of Japanese ships. At laying down ships received not names, and according to then practice only numbers with which they were commissioned. Only in 1928 destroyers were named.

Modernizations

1935 - 1936, Satsuki, Minazuki, Fumizuki, Nagatsuki, Kikuzuki, Mikazuki; 1941 - 1942, Mutsuki, Kisaragi, Yayoi, Uzuki, Mochizuki, Yuzuki: - 2 x 1 - 7.7/80; + 1 x 2 - 25/60 96-shiki

1942, Satsuki, Mikazuki, Fumizuki, Nagatsuki, Kikuzuki, Uzuki: were converted to fast attack transports, displacement was 1590 / 1913t, maximal speed was 34kts; - 2 x 1 - 120/45, minesweeping gear, mines; + 2 x 3 - 25/60 96-shiki, 1 x 2 - 25/60 96-shiki, 2 DCT (36 totally), accommodation for marines and deck cargo, 93-shiki sonar

early 1944, Minazuki: - 1 x 1 - 120/45; + 2 x 3 - 25/60 96-shiki, 1 x 2 - 25/60 96-shiki, 1 x 2 - 13.2/76

early 1944, Uzuki: + 1 x 3 - 25/60 96-shiki, 2 x 1 - 25/60 96-shiki

mid-1944, Yuzuki: - 1 x 1 - 120/45; + 3 x 3 - 25/60 96-shiki, 1 x 2 - 25/60 96-shiki

mid-1944, Satsuki: + 5 x 1 - 13.2/76, 3-shiki 1-go radar

Naval service

Kisaragi 11.12.1941 was sunk at Wake by USMC aircraft. Kikuzuki 4.5.1942 was sunk in Tulagi harbour by US carrier aircraft. Mutsuki 25.8.1942 was sunk off Solomons by US carrier aircraft. Yayoi 11.9.1942 was sunk at coast of New Britain by US and Australian aircraft. Nagatsuki 6.7.1943 was sunk by USMC aircraft in Solomons area. Mikazuki 27.7.1943 ran aground at Cape Gloucester (New Britain) and destroyed next day by US Army aircraft. Mochizuki 8.11.1942 was damaged by a torpedo from US MTB, 24.10.1943 she was sunk SW off Rabaul by USMC aircraft. Fumizuki was sunk 18.2.1944 at Truck by US carrier aircraft. Minazuki 6.6.1944 was sunk in Celebes Sea by US submarine Harder. Satsuki 21.9.1944 was sunk in Manila Bay by US carrier aircraft. Yuzuki and Uzuki were sunk 12.2.1944 NE off Cebu, former by USMC aircraft, latter by US MTBs РT490 and РТ492.