Japanese destroyer Mutsuki

Mutsuki at sea
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Mutsuki
Namesake	January
Builder	Sasebo Naval Arsenal
Laid down	21 May 1924 as Destroyer No. 19
Launched	23 July 1925
Completed	25 March 1926
Renamed	As Mutsuki, 1 August 1928
Stricken	1 October 1942
Fate	Sunk by American bombers, 25 August 1942
General characteristics
Class and type	Mutsuki-class destroyer
Displacement	1,336 t (1,315 long tons) (normal) 1,800 t (1,772 long tons) (deep load)
Length	97.54 m (320 ft 0 in) (pp) 102.4 m (335 ft 11 in) (o/a)
Beam	9.16 m (30 ft 1 in)
Draft	2.96 m (9 ft 9 in)
Installed power	38,500 shp (28,700 kW) 4 × Kampon water-tube boilers
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 × Kampon geared steam turbines
Speed	37.25 knots (68.99 km/h; 42.87 mph)
Range	4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	150
Armament	4 × 12 cm (4.7 in) Type 3 guns 2 × triple 61 cm (24 in) torpedo tubes 18 × depth charges 16 × mines
Service record
Part of:	Destroyer Division 30
Operations:	Battle of Wake Island Solomon Islands campaign

The Japanese destroyer Mutsuki (睦月, "January") was the name ship of her class of twelve destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the 1920s. During the Pacific War, she participated in the Battle of Wake Island in December 1941 and the occupations of New Guinea and the Solomon Islands in early 1942. Mutsuki was one of the escorts for the invasion force during the Battle of the Coral Sea in May and then participated in the Guadalcanal Campaign later that year. The ship was sunk by American bombers during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons in August.