Satsuki (ship, 1925)
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 .