Mutsuki-Class
Small Warriors - Mutsuki-class were 1920s-era small destroyers. 12 ships built 1926-1927. Four 4.7-inch guns + six 24-inch torpedoes. High speed (37 knots). Smallest IJN destroyers in WWII. All 12 saw combat - 9 lost in action, 3 survived war but scrapped. Kikuzuki first IJN destroyer sunk by aircraft (Tulagi, May 1942).
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 1315 t
- Displacement (full)
- 1800 t
- Length
- 320 ft
- Beam
- 30.1 ft
- Crew
- 150
- Ships built
- 12
- Commissioned
- 1926-1927
- Decommissioned
- None (all sunk in action or scrapped)
Performance
- Top speed
- 37.25 kn
- Range
- 4000 nm at 14 knots
Armament
- Main guns
- 4× 120mm/45 Type 3 (4.7-inch) - four single mounts
- Torpedoes
- 6× 610mm (24-inch) Type 8 - two triple launchers
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- None (unarmored destroyer)
In-Game
- Tier
- T5
- Game power
- 125.97
- Research cost
- 69,284
- Credit cost
- 88,179
Notable
- Last Japanese destroyers with 4.7-inch guns
- Smallest destroyers used in WWII by IJN
- All 12 saw combat (9 lost, 3 survived to be scrapped)
- Kikuzuki first IJN destroyer sunk by aircraft (Tulagi, May 1942)