Mutsuki-class Destroyer

Mutsuki-class Destroyer

Description

Scale: 1/1800
 

Ships in class: 12

KanjiNameBuilderLaid downLaunchedCompletedFate
睦月 Mutsuki
DD-19
Sasebo Naval Arsenal, Japan 21 May 1924 23 July 1925 25 March 1926 Sunk in air attack in Solomon Islands [07.47S, 160.13E] on 25 August 1942; struck 1 October 1942
如月 Kisaragi
DD-21
Maizuru Naval Arsenal, Japan 3 June 1924 5 June 1925 21 December 1925 Combat loss off Wake Island [18.55N, 166.17E] on 11 December 1941; struck 15 January 1942
弥生 Yayoi
DD-23
Uraga Dock Company, Japan 11 January 1924 11 July 1925 28 August 1926 Sunk in air attack in Solomon Islands [08.45S, 151.25E] on 11 September 1942; struck 20 October 1942
卯月 Uzuki
DD-25
Ishikawajima Shipyards, Japan 11 January 1924 15 October 1925 14 September 1926 Dai-25-Gō Kuchikukan (第二十五号駆逐艦?); renamed Uzuki (“April”) on 1 August 1928; Sunk Ormoc Bay [11.03N, 124.23E] on 12 December 1944; struck 10 January 1945
皐月 Satsuki
DD-27
Fujinagata Shipyards, Japan 1 December 1924 25 March 1925 15 November 1925 Sunk in air attack at Manila Bay [15.35N, 120.55E] on 21 September 1944; struck 10 November 1944
水無月 Minazuki
DD-28
Uraga Dock Company, Japan 24 March 1924 25 March 1926 22 March 1927 Torpedoed in Celebes Sea [04.05N, 119.30E] on 6 June 1944; struck 10 August 1944
文月 Fumizuki
DD-29
Fujinagata Shipyards, Japan 20 October 1924 16 February 1926 3 July 1926 Sunk in air attack at Truk [07.24N, 151.44E] on 18 February 1944; struck 31 March 1944
長月 Nagatsuki
DD-30
Ishikawajima Shipyards, Japan 16 April 1925 6 October 1926 30 April 1927 Combat loss in central Solomons [08.02S, 157.12E] on 6 July 1943; struck 1 November 1943
菊月 Kikuzuki
DD-31
Maizuru Naval Arsenal, Japan 15 June 1925 15 May 1926 20 November 1926 Sunk in air attack at Tulagi [09.07S, 160.12E] on 4 May 1942; struck 25 May 1942. Later salvaged by USS Menominee (AT-73), 6 October 1943.
三日月 Mikazuki
DD-32
Sasebo Naval Arsenal, Japan 21 August 1925 12 July 1926 5 May 1927 Sunk in air attack at Cape Gloucester [05.27S, 148.25E] on 29 July 1943; struck 15 October 1943
望月 Mochizuki
DD-33
Uraga Dock Company, Japan 23 March 1926 28 April 1927 31 October 1927 Sunk in air attack in central Solomons [05.42S, 151.40E] on 24 October 1943; struck 5 January 1944
夕月 Yūzuki
DD-34
Fujinagata Shipyards, Japan 27 November 1926 4 March 1927 25 July 1927 Sunk in air attack at Cebu [11.20N, 124.10E] on 12 December 1944; struck 10 January 1945

The Mutsuki-class destroyers were based on the same hull design as the previous Kamikaze class, except with a double curvature configuration of the bow, a feature which became a standard in all later Japanese destroyers.

The Mutsuki class was the first to be fitted with the newly developed 24-inch (610 mm) torpedoes, with greater range and larger warhead than previous torpedoes in the Japanese inventory. Originally Type 8 torpedoes were carried, arranged in two triple mountings. These were later replaced with the famous Type 93 "Long Lance" oxygen-propelled torpedoes during World War II.

Specifications

  • Mutsuki-class Destroyer