Mutsuki-class destroyers

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkbp:armament 4 x 12 cm/45 3rd Year Type naval guns
gptkbp:beam 9.16 m
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:displacement 1,315 tons (standard)
gptkbp:enteredService 1926
gptkbp:fate All lost during World War II
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Mutsuki-class destroyers
gptkbp:length 102.4 m
gptkbp:notableAction gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bismarck_Sea
gptkb:Solomon_Islands_campaign
gptkb:Battle_of_Wake_Island
gptkb:Guadalcanal_Campaign
gptkbp:notableFeature Some converted to fast transports
Improved seakeeping over previous classes
First Japanese destroyers with triple torpedo tubes
gptkbp:notableLoss Fumizuki sunk at Truk
Kikuzuki sunk at Tulagi
Kisaragi sunk at Battle of Wake Island
Mutsuki sunk at Battle of the Eastern Solomons
Nagatsuki beached and abandoned
Yayoi sunk near New Guinea
Mikazuki sunk in 1943
Minazuki sunk in 1944
Mochizuki sunk in 1944
Satsuki sunk in Manila Bay
Uzuki sunk by aircraft in 1944
Yūzuki sunk in 1944
gptkbp:notableShip gptkb:Mochizuki
gptkb:Yayoi
gptkb:Mutsuki
gptkb:Satsuki
gptkb:Nagatsuki
gptkb:Fumizuki
gptkb:Kikuzuki
gptkb:Kisaragi
gptkb:Mikazuki
gptkb:Minazuki
gptkb:Uzuki
gptkb:Yūzuki
gptkbp:numberBuilt 12
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Imperial_Japanese_Navy
gptkbp:precededBy Kamikaze-class destroyers
gptkbp:propulsion 2-shaft geared turbines
gptkbp:speed 37.25 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Fubuki-class_destroyers
gptkbp:torpedoArmament 2 x triple 61 cm torpedo tubes
gptkbp:usedInConflict gptkb:Second_Sino-Japanese_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sasebo_Naval_Arsenal
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5