Japanese destroyer Uzuki (1925)
Uzuki in August 1925.
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| Name: | Uzuki |
| Namesake: | April |
| Builder: | Ishikawajima Shipyards, Japan |
| Laid down: | 11 January 1924 as Destroyer No. 25 |
| Launched: | 15 October 1925 |
| Completed: | 14 September 1926 |
| Renamed: | As Uzuki, 1 August 1928 |
| Struck: | 10 January 1945 |
| Fate: | Sunk by PT boats on 12 December 1944 |
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| Class and type: | Mutsuki-class destroyer |
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| Beam: | 9.16 m (30 ft 1 in) |
| Draft: | 2.96 m (9 ft 9 in) |
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| 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 |
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| Part of: | Destroyer Division 23 |
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Uzuki (卯月 ”April”?) 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 Wake Island in December 1941 and the occupations of New Guinea and the Solomon Islands in early 1942.
Construction of the Mutsuki-class destroyers was authorized as part of the Imperial Japanese Navy's build up following the abandonment of the Washington Naval Treaty from fiscal 1923. The class was a follow-on to the earlier Minekaze and Kamikaze-class destroyers, with which they shared many common design characteristics.Uzuki, built at the Ishikawajima Shipyards in Tokyo, was laid down on 11 January 1924, launched on 15 October 1925 and commissioned on 14 September 1926. Originally commissioned simply as Destroyer No. 25, the ship was assigned the name Uzuki on 1 August 1928.
In the late 1930s, Uzuki participated in combat actions in the Second Sino-Japanese War, covering the landings of Japanese troops in central and southern China, and the Invasion of French Indochina.
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