"Wakatsuki" redirects here. For the surname, see Wakatsuki (surname).
| Japanese destroyer Wakatsuki | |
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 Wakatsuki in 1944 | |
| Career |  |
| Name: | Wakatsuki |
| Builder: | Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard |
| Laid down: | 9 March 1942 |
| Launched: | 24 November 1942 |
| Completed: | 31 May 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 31 May 1943, 11th Destroyer Squadron |
| Struck: | 10 January 1945 |
| Fate: | Sunk in action, 11 November 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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: |
May 1943 : • 8 × 100 mm (4 in)/65 cal DP guns • 12 × 25 mm AA guns (3×4) • 4 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes • 8 × Type 93 torpedoes • 56 × Type 95 depth charges November 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 |
Wakatsuki (若月) was an Akizuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "Young (= Crescent) Moon".
Wakatsuki participated in rescuing sailors from two of the aircraft carriers that participated in the attack on Pearl Harbor: Shōkaku (June 1944) and Zuikaku (October 1944) when each was sunk by US forces.
On 11 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 (10°50′N 124°35′E / 10.833°N 124.583°ECoordinates: 10°50′N 124°35′E / 10.833°N 124.583°E).
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