Satsuki (ship, 1925)

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Satsuki
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Overview
Type destroyer
Shipyard

Fujinagat Shipyards

Keel laying December 1, 1924
Launch March 25, 1925
period of service

from 1925 to 1944

Commissioning November 15, 1925
Whereabouts sunk on September 21, 1944
Technical specifications
See: Mutsuki class

The Satsuki ( Japanese 皐 月 , Eng . "May") was a destroyer of the Mutsuki class of the Imperial Japanese Navy .

history

The ship was built by the Fujinagata Shipyards in Osaka and was launched there on March 25, 1925. The commissioning took place on November 15, 1925 and in 1928 it was baptized with the name Satsuki , as it was previously only named with a number (No. 27).

literature

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