Japanese destroyer Nagatsuki (1926)
Appearance
![]() Nagatsuki in April 1927.
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History | |
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Name | Nagatsuki |
Fate | Destroyed in action, July 6, 1943 |
General characteristics | |
Type | destroyer |
Displacement | 1,445 tons |
Length | 329 ft 9 in (100.51 m) overall |
Beam | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
Draught | 9 ft 9 in (2.97 m) |
Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) geared turbines two shafts 4 boilers 38,500 hp |
Speed | 37.2 knots (68.9 km/h) |
Complement | 150 |
Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) 4 × 120mm/50 guns in single mount 2 x 7.7 mm machine guns in single mounts 6 × 609 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes 18 depth charges |
Nagatsuki (長月) was a first-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy, and one of twelve Mutsuki class destroyers. During the Pacific War, Nagatsuki supported Japanese military operations in the New Guinea and Solomon Islands Campaigns. After being damaged on July 5, 1943 during the Battle of Kula Gulf, the ship ran aground on Kolombangara near Bambari Harbor. The next day Nagatsuki was bombed and destroyed by United States aircraft.
References
- Jentschura, Hansgeorg (1977). Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869-1945. Annapolis: United States Naval Institute. ISBN 0-87021-893-X.
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suggested) (help) - Nevitt, Allyn D. (1998). "IJN Nagatsuki: Tabular Record of Movement" (Web page). CombinedFleet.com. Retrieved 2 January 2009.
- Watts, Anthony J. (1971). The Imperial Japanese Navy. Doubleday. ISBN 0385012683.
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