IJN Mutsuki

Sunk

Type	Destroyer
Class	Mutsuki
War	Second World War
Main guns	4 × 4.7″ guns

Escorting the reinforcement convoy at the Eastern Solomons, she stopped to rescue survivors and was sunk by B-17s from Espiritu Santo. Her captain remarked that even the B-17s could hit something once in a while.

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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

Builder	Sasebo Naval Arsenal
Laid down	21 May 1924 as Destroyer No. 19
Launched	23 July 1925
Displacement	1,336 t (1,315 long tons) (normal) 1,800 t (1,772 long tons) (deep load)
Length	97.54 m (320 ft 0 in) (pp) 102.4 m (335 ft 11 in) (o/a)
Speed	37.25 knots (68.99 km/h; 42.87 mph)
Complement	150

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

Career

Launched

23 July 1925

Battle of Wake Island

Survived

11 December 1941

Battle of the Eastern Solomons

Sunk

24–25 August 1942

Sunk by B-17s on 25 August