Mutsuki
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| Mutsuki | |
 The Musuki in 1930 |
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| Overview | |
| Type | destroyer |
| Shipyard |
Sasebo naval shipyard |
| Keel laying | March 21, 1924 |
| Launch | July 23, 1925 |
| Commissioning | March 25, 1926 |
| Whereabouts | Sunk on August 25, 1942 after an air raid |
| Technical specifications | |
| See: Mutsuki class | |
The Mutsuki ( Japanese 睦 月 , Eng. "January") was a destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy and type ship of the Mutsuki class .
history
The later Mutsuki was laid on May 21, 1924 at the naval shipyard in Sasebo with the designation No. 19 destroyer ( Japanese 第十九 号 駆 逐 艦 , German "Dai-19-Gō kuchikukan") and ran on 23. July 1925 launched. After equipping and testing, it was put into service on March 25, 1926. As the number designation with the crew, as with many other units, proved to be extremely unpopular and was a constant source of confusion in communication. The ship was christened on August 1st, 1928 with a traditional month name of the lunisolar calendar.
In the Pacific War , the ship took part in the Battle of Wake , the Battle of Rabaul (1942) and Operation MO . On August 25, 1942, the Mutsuki escorted the invading force into the Coral Sea, where the destroyer was hit by US bombers from Henderson Field at 7 ° 47 ′ S , 160 ° 13 ′ E, during the Battle of the East Solomon Islands. sunk. 41 crew members lost their lives.
literature
- Mike J. Whitley: Destroyer in World War II . Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-613-01426-2 , p. 185 .
