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Satsuki

IJN Satsuki

Sunk

Imperial Japanese Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassMutsuki
WarSecond World War
Main guns4 ×Type 3 120 mm 45 caliber naval gun

Sunk by US carrier aircraft in Manila Bay on 21 September 1944.

IJN destroyer Satsuki, port view while at Shanghai, China, August 18, 1937 Photo: United States Navy, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 4 ×Type 3 120 mm 45 caliber naval gun
  • 2 × Type 92 7.7 mm machine gun
  • 2 × triple Type 12 torpedo tubes
  • 12 × 610 mm Type 8 torpedoes
  • 18 × depth charges
  • 16 × Ichi-Gō naval mines
BuilderFujinagata Shipyards, Japan
Laid down1 December 1924
Launched25 March 1925
Commissioned15 November 1925
Displacement1,315 long tons (1,336 t) normal 1,445 long tons (1,468 t) full load
Length97.54 m (320.0 ft) pp 102.72 m (337.0 ft) overall
Speed37.25 knots (68.99 km/h)
Complement154

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

25 March 1925