Nagatsuki

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Nagatsuki
Nagatsuki in April 1927
Nagatsuki in April 1927
Overview
Type destroyer
Shipyard

Ishikawajima Company

Keel laying April 16, 1925
Launch October 6, 1926
period of service

From 1927 to 1943

Commissioning April 30, 1927
Whereabouts sunk on July 6, 1943
Technical specifications
See: Mutsuki class

The Nagatsuki ( Japanese 長 月 , eng. "September") was a destroyer of the Mutsuki class of the Imperial Japanese Navy .

history

The ship was built by the Ishikawajima Co. in Tokyo and was launched there on April 6, 1926. The commissioning took place on April 30, 1927 and in 1928 it was christened Nagatsuki , as it had previously only been named with a number (No. 30).

literature

  • MJ Whitley: Destroyer in World War II . Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1991, ISBN 3-613-01426-2 .