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Destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Minatsuki (水無月) ("Month of the submerged rice field") was one of 32 Kamikaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the first decade of the 20th century.
Sister ship Ayanami | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Minatsuki |
| Builder | Mitsubishi, Nagasaki |
| Laid down | 25 February 1906 |
| Launched | 5 November 1906 |
| Completed | 14 February 1907 |
| Decommissioned | 1 June 1930 |
| Renamed | W-10, 1 August 1928 |
| Reclassified | As a minesweeper, 1 December 1924 |
| Fate | Scrapped after June 1930 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class and type | Kamikaze-class destroyer |
| Displacement | |
| Length | |
| Beam | 21 ft 7 in (6.6 m) |
| Draught | 6 ft (1.8 m) |
| Installed power | 4 boilers; 6,000 ihp (4,500 kW) |
| Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 triple-expansion steam engines |
| Speed | 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph) |
| Range | 1,200 nmi (2,200 km; 1,400 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 70 |
| Armament |
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The Kamikaze-class destroyers were improved versions of the preceding Harusame class.[1] They displaced 381 long tons (387 t) at normal load and 450 long tons (460 t) at deep load. The ships had a length between perpendiculars of 227 feet (69.2 m) and an overall length of 234 feet (71.3 m), a beam of 21 feet 7 inches (6.6 m) and a draught of 6 feet (1.8 m). The Kamikazes were powered by two vertical triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one shaft using steam produced by four Kampon water-tube boilers. The engines produced a total of 6,000 indicated horsepower (4,500 kW) that gave the ships a maximum speed of 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph). They carried a maximum of 100 long tons (102 t) of coal[2] which gave them a range of 1,500 nautical miles (2,800 km; 1,700 mi) at a speed of 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph). Their crew consisted of 70 officers and ratings.[3]
The main armament of the Kamikaze-class ships consisted of two 40-calibre quick-firing (QF) three-inch (76 mm) 12 cwt guns[Note 1] on single mounts; the forward gun was located on superstructure, but the aft gun was at the stern. Four 28-calibre QF three-inch 8 cwt guns on single mounts were positioned abreast the superstructure, two in each broadside. The ships were also armed with two single rotating mounts[1][3] for 450-millimetre (17.7 in)[4] torpedoes between the superstructure and the stern gun. When Minatsuki was converted into a minesweeper in 1924, she was rearmed with a pair of 12-centimetre (4.7 in) 3rd Year Type guns taken from older ships on single mounts and the three-inch 8 cwt guns were removed.[1]
Minatsuki was laid down at Mitsubishi's shipyard in Nagasaki on 25 February 1906, launched on 5 November 1906 and completed on 14 February 1907.[2] The ship saw service in World War I and was converted into a minesweeper on 1 December 1924. She was renamed W-10 on 1 August 1928. The ship was decommissioned on 1 June 1930[5] and subsequently broken up.[3]
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