Japanese destroyer Hatsuzuki

	Hatsuzuki on trial run, December 1942.
History
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
Stricken	10 December 1944
Fate	Sunk on 25 October 1944
General characteristics
Class and type	Akizuki-class destroyer
Displacement	list error: <br /> list (help); 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	list error: <br /> list (help); 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	list error: <br /> list (help); December 1942 :; • 8 × 100 mm (4 in)/65 cal Type 98 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

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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 (20°24′N 126°20′E / 20.400°N 126.333°E / 20.400; 126.333) 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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