Mutsuki-class destroyer
1925-1944
Standard: 1.315 ts / t 1,336 Use: 1.772 ts / t 1,800
100.2 m ( overall)
9.16 m
2.96 m
150 men
Four Kampon boiler two sets of Parsons geared turbines 38,500 WPS on two shafts
37,25 kn
4,000 sm at 15 kn
420 ts / 426 t
- 4 x 12 - cm SK L/45 type 3 ( 4x1 )
- 2 x 7.7 mm MG
- 6 x torpedo tubes ∅ 61- cm ( 2x3 )
As fast transport ships:
- 2 x 12 cm SK L/45 type 3 ( 2x1)
- 6 x torpedo tubes ∅ 61- cm ( 2x3 )
Flak in June 1944:
The Mutsuki class (Japanese睦 月 型 駆 逐 舰, Mutsuki - gata kuchikukan ) was a class of destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy with a total of twelve ships. The ships were built in the period from 1924-1927 and formed in the Pacific War, the 5th and 6th Zerstörerschwadron.
All the ships were baptized in the traditional month of the lunisolar calendar or the August 1, 1928 by moon phases.
None of the ships survived the Second World War.