Japanese destroyer Hatsuzuki
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| Completed: | 29 December 1942 |
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| Fate: | Sunk |
| Struck: | 10 December 1944 |
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| Displacement: | 2,700 tons standard; 3,700 tons full load |
| Length: | 440 ft 3 in (134.2 meters |
| Beam: | 38 ft 1 in (11.6 m) |
| Draft: | 13 ft 7 in (4.5 m) |
| Speed: | 33 knots (61 km/h) |
| Complement: | 300 |
| Armament: | 8 × 100 mm / 65 cal DP guns, up to 51 × 25 mm AA guns, 4 × 610 mm Type 93 torpedo tubes, 72 depth charges |
Hatsuzuki was a Akizuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "New Moon".
In October 1944 Hatsuzuki was part of the Northern Force commanded by Admiral Ozawa Jisaburo, in the Japanese attack on the Allied forces supporting the invasion of Leyte. On 25 October, in the Battle off Cape Engaño, she was sunk ENE of Cape Engaño () by US cruiser-destroyer group, while covering the rescue of survivors of the aircraft carriers Zuikaku and Zuihō by Wakatsuki and Kuwa.
Commanding Officers
Chief Equipping Officer - Cmdr. Shoichi Taguchi - 20 October 1942 - 29 December 1942
Cmdr. / Capt. Shoichi Taguchi - 29 December 1942 - 1 August 1944 (Promoted to Captain on 1 May 1944.)
Cmdr. / Capt.* Kanematsu Hashimoto - 1 August 1944 - 25 October 1944 (KIA)
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