Fleet Ledger

Naval wars from the age of sail to the present day

Ships
/

Mikazuki

IJN Mikazuki

Wrecked

Imperial Japanese Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassMutsuki
WarSecond World War
Main guns4 × 4.7″ guns

Ran aground off Cape Gloucester in New Britain and was destroyed by US aircraft on 28 July 1943, with Ariake.

Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Mikazuki, 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
BuilderSasebo Naval Arsenal, Sasebo
Laid down21 August 1925 as Destroyer No. 32
Launched12 July 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

She isn't listed in any of the fleet actions covered here.

Launched

12 July 1926