Mutsuki 1926
Mutsuki 1941
Mutsuki 1942
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 第19駆逐艦 <19-go>(No19), 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>(No21), 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>(No23), 1928- 弥生 <Yayoi> | Uraga, Tokyo | 1/1924 | 11/7/1925 | 8/1926 | sunk 11/9/1942 | |
| 第25駆逐艦 <25-go>(No25), 1928- 卯月 <Uzuki> | Ishikawajima, Tokyo | 1/1924 | 15/10/1925 | 9/1926 | sunk 12/2/1944 | |
| 第27駆逐艦 <27-go>(No27), 1928- 皐月 <Satsuki> | Fujinagata, Osaka | 12/1924 | 25/3/1925 | 11/1925 | sunk 21/9/1944 | |
| 第28駆逐艦 <28-go>(No28), 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>(No29), 1928- 文月 <Fumizuki> | Fujinagata, Osaka | 10/1924 | 16/2/1926 | 7/1926 | sunk 18/2/1944 | |
| 第30駆逐艦 <30-go>(No30), 1928- 長月 <Nagatsuki> | Ishikawajima, Tokyo | 4/1925 | 6/10/1926 | 4/1927 | sunk 6/7/1943 | |
| 第31駆逐艦 <31-go>(No31), 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>(No32), 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>(No33), 1928- 望月 <Mochizuki> | Uraga, Tokyo | 3/1926 | 28/4/1927 | 10/1927 | sunk 24/10/1943 | |
| 第34駆逐艦 <34-go>(No34), 1928- 夕月 <Yuzuki> | Fujinagata, Osaka | 11/1926 | 4/3/1927 | 7/1927 | sunk 12/12/1944 |
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Displacement standard, t |
1315 |
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Displacement full, t |
1772 |
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Length, m |
97.5 pp 100.2 wl 102.7 oa |
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Breadth, m |
9.16 |
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Draught, m |
2.96 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
19-go, 21-go, 25-go, 27 - 29-go, 31 - 34-go: Parsons geared steam turbines, 4 Kampon boilers 23-go: Rateau geared steam turbines, 4 Kampon boilers 30-go: Zoelly geared steam turbines, 4 Kampon boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
38500 |
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Max speed, kts |
37.2 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 420 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
4000(15) |
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Armament |
4 x 1 - 120/45 3-shiki, 2 x 1 - 7.7/80, 2 x 3 - 610 TT, 2 DCT (18), 16 mines, sweeps |
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Complement |
150 |
Ship project history: Built under the 1923 program, presented improved Kamikaze class, Became last Japanese destroyers had 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, sweeps, 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.
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
Naval service: Kisaragi 11/12/1941 was sunk at Wake by American Marine corps aircraft. Kikuzuki 4/5/1942 was sunk in Tulagi harbour by American carrier aircraft. Mutsuki 25/8/1942 was sunk off Solomons by American carrier aircraft. Yayoi 11/9/1942 was sunk at coast of New Britain by American and Australian aircraft. Nagatsuki 6/7/1943 was sunk by American Marine corps aircraft in Solomons area. Mikazuki 27/7/1943 ran aground at Cape Gloucester (New Britain) and destroyed next day by American Army aircraft. Mochizuki 8/11/1942 was damaged by a torpedo from American MTB, 24/10/1943 she was sunk SW off Rabaul by American Marine corps aircraft. Fumizuki was sunk 18/2/1944 at Truck by American carrier aircraft. Minazuki 6/6/1944 was sunk in Celebes Sea by American submarine Harder. Satsuki 21/9/1944 was sunk in Manila Bay by American carrier aircraft. Yuzuki and Uzuki were sunk 12/2/1944 NE off Cebu, former by American Marine Corps aircraft, latter by American MTBs ÐT490 and ÐÒ492.
Mutsuki
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