| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Harutsuki |
| Builder: | Sasebo Naval Arsenal |
| Laid down: | 23 December 1943 |
| Launched: | 3 August 1944 |
| Completed: | 28 December 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 28 December 1944, 11th Destroyer Squadron |
| Struck: | 5 October 1945 |
| Fate: | Transferred to the Soviet Union, 28 August 1947 |
| Career (USSR) | |
| Name: | Vnezapny (Внезапный) |
| Acquired: | 28 August 1947 |
| Commissioned: | 25 September 1947, 5th Fleet |
| Struck: | 4 June 1969 |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Akizuki-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 2,700 long tons (2,743 t) standard 3,700 long tons (3,759 t) full load |
| Length: | 134.2 m (440 ft 3 in) |
| Beam: | 11.6 m (38 ft 1 in) |
| Draft: | 4.15 m (13 ft 7 in) |
| Propulsion: | 4 × Kampon type boilers 2 × Parsons geared turbines 2 × shafts, 50,000 shp (37 MW) |
| Speed: | 33 knots (38 mph; 61 km/h) |
| Range: | 8,300 nmi (15,400 km) at 18 kn (21 mph; 33 km/h) |
| Complement: | 263 |
| Armament: | • 8 × 100 mm (4 in)/65 cal DP guns • 39 × 25 mm AA guns (3×5 + 1×24) • 4 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes • 8 × Type 93 torpedoes • 54 × Type 95 depth charges |
Harutsuki (春月) was an Akizuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "Spring Moon". She was different from other sisters, and it was built as a flagship of Escort Fleet.
On 5 October 1945, Harutsuki was removed from Navy List. On 28 August 1947, she was turned over to the Soviet Union, renamed Vnezapny (Внезапный) and rearmed by 8 x 102-mm, 15 x 25-mm guns and 4 x 533-mm TT. Became training ship Oskol in 1949, target ship TSL-64 in 1955 and finally floating barracks PKZ-37, scrapped in 1969.
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