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Kikuzuki

IJN Kikuzuki

Sunk

Imperial Japanese Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassMutsuki
WarSecond World War
Main guns4 × 12 cm (4.7 in) Type 3 guns

Sunk at Tulagi by aircraft from Yorktown on 4 May 1942, at the start of the Coral Sea battle.

Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Kikuzuki, the second Japanese warship to bear that name. Photo: Shizuo Fukui, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 4 × 12 cm (4.7 in) Type 3 guns
  • 2 × triple 61 cm (24 in) torpedo tubes
  • 18 × depth charges
  • 16 × mines
BuilderMaizuru Naval Arsenal, Maizuru
Laid down15 June 1925 as Destroyer No. 31
Launched15 May 1926
Displacement1,336 t (1,315 long tons) (normal) 1,800 t (1,772 long tons) (deep load)
Length97.54 m (320 ft 0 in) (pp) 102.4 m (335 ft 11 in) (o/a)
Speed37.25 knots (68.99 km/h; 42.87 mph)
Complement150

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

15 May 1926

Battle of the Coral Sea
Sunk

4–8 May 1942

Sunk at Tulagi on 4 May