Japanese destroyer Kikuzuki

Kikuzuki in October 1932
History
Empire of Japan
Name:	Kikuzuki
Namesake:	September
Builder:	Maizuru Naval Arsenal, Maizuru
Laid down:	15 June 1925 as Destroyer No. 31
Launched:	15 May 1926
Completed:	20 November 1926
Renamed:	As Kikuzuki, 1 August 1928
Struck:	25 May 1942
Fate:	Sank 5 May 1942
General characteristics
Class and type:	Mutsuki-class destroyer
Displacement:	1,336 t (1,315 long tons) (normal) 1,800 t (1,772 long tons) (deep load)
Length:	97.54 m (320 ft 0 in) (pp) 102.4 m (335 ft 11 in) (o/a)
Beam:	9.16 m (30 ft 1 in)
Draft:	2.96 m (9 ft 9 in)
Installed power:	38,500 shp (28,700 kW) 4 × Kampon water-tube boilers
Propulsion:	2 shafts; 2 × Kampon geared steam turbines
Speed:	37.25 knots (68.99 km/h; 42.87 mph)
Range:	4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement:	150
Armament:	4 × 12 cm (4.7 in) Type 3 guns 2 × triple 61 cm (24 in) torpedo tubes 18 × depth charges 16 × mines
Service record
Part of:	Destroyer Division 23
Operations:	Second Sino-Japanese War Invasion of Guam Solomon Islands campaign

The Japanese destroyer Kikuzuki (菊月, means "Chrysanthemum Moon", and means the 9th month in the lunar calendar) was one of twelve Mutsuki-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the 1920s. During the Pacific War, she participated in the Battle of Guam in December 1941 and the New Guinea and Solomon Islands Campaigns in 1942. Kikuzuki was destroyed during the invasion of Tulagi in May.

The Mutsuki class was an improved version of the Kamikaze-class destroyers and was the first with triple 61-centimeter (24 in) torpedo tubes. The ships had an overall length of 102.4 meters (335 ft 11 in) and were 94.54 meters (310 ft 2 in) between perpendiculars. They had a beam of 9.16 meters (30 ft 1 in), and a mean draft of 2.96 meters (9 ft 9 in). The Mutsuki-class ships displaced 1,336 metric tons (1,315 long tons) at standard load and 1,800 metric tons (1,772 long tons) at deep load. They were powered by two Parsons geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, using steam provided by four Kampon water-tube boilers. The turbines were designed to produce 38,500 shaft horsepower (28,700 kW), which would propel the ships at 37.25 knots (68.99 km/h; 42.87 mph). The ships carried 420 metric tons (413 long tons) of fuel oil which gave them a range of 4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph). Their crew consisted of 150 officers and crewmen.