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Nagatsuki

IJN Nagatsuki

Wrecked

Imperial Japanese Navy

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

Ran aground off Kolombangara during the Battle of Kula Gulf on 6 July 1943 and was destroyed by US aircraft.

Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Nagatsuki, 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
BuilderIshikawajima Shipyards, Tokyo
Laid down16 April 1926 as Destroyer No. 30
Launched6 October 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

6 October 1926