Hatsuzuki 1942 |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Hatsuzuki |
| Builder: | Maizuru Naval Arsenal |
| Laid down: | 25 July 1941 |
| Launched: | 3 April 1942 |
| Completed: | 29 December 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 29 December 1942 Yokosuka Chinjufu |
| Struck: | 10 December 1944 |
| Fate: | Sunk on 25 October 1944 |
| 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: | December 1942 : • 8 × 100 mm (4 in)/65 cal DP guns • 4 × 25 mm AA guns (2×2) • 4 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes • 8 × Type 93 torpedoes • 56 × Type 95 depth charges October 1944 : • 8 × 100 mm (4 in)/65 cal DP guns • 29 × 25 mm AA guns (3×5 + 1×14) • 4 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes • 8 × Type 93 torpedoes • 56 × Type 95 depth charges |
Hatsuzuki (初月) was an Akizuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "New Moon (in Autumn)" or "(another name of) August".
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.
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