Japanese destroyer Shimotsuki
| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | Shimotsuki |
| Builder: | Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard |
| Laid down: | 6 July 1942 |
| Launched: | 7 April 1943 |
| Completed: | 31 March 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 31 March 1944, 11th Destroyer Squadron |
| Struck: | 10 January 1945 |
| Fate: | Sunk in action, 25 November 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: | March 1944 : • 8 × 100 mm (4 in)/65 cal Type 98 DP guns • 25 × 25 mm AA guns (3×5 + 1×10) • 4 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes • 8 × Type 93 torpedoes • 56 × Type 95 depth charges July 1944 : • 8 × 100 mm (4 in)/65 cal DP guns • 35 × 25 mm AA guns (3×7 + 1×14) • 4 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes • 8 × Type 93 torpedoes • 56 × Type 95 depth charges |
Shimotsuki (霜月) was an Akizuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "November".
On 25 November 1944, Shimotsuki was torpedoed and sunk by USS Cavalla (SS-244) 220 miles (410 km) east-northeast of Singapore (2°21′N 107°20′E / 2.350°N 107.333°ECoordinates: 2°21′N 107°20′E / 2.350°N 107.333°E) with heavy loss of life.
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