Japanese destroyer Wakatsuki
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| Completed: | 31 May 1943 |
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| Fate: | Sunk in action, 10 November 1944 |
| Struck: | 10 January 1945 |
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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 |
For other uses please see Wakatsuki (disambiguation)
Wakatsuki was a Akizuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "Moon in First Quarter".
Wakatsuki participated in rescuing sailors from two of the aircraft carriers that participated in the attack on Pearl Harbor: The Shokaku (June 1944) and the Zuikaku (October 1944) when each was sunk by US forces.
On 10 November 1944, Wakatsuki was escorting a troop convoy to Ormoc, Philippines. She was sunk by aircraft of Task Force 38 in Ormoc Bay, west of Leyte ().
Commanding Officers
Chief Equipping Officer - Cmdr. Yasuatsu Suzuki - 1 May 1943 - 31 May 1943
Cmdr. / Capt. / RADM* Yasuatsu Suzuki - 31 May 1943 - 11 November 1944 (KIA; promoted to Captain on 1 May 1944; posthumous promotion to Rear Admiral.)
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