- Design and description
- Construction and career
- Notes
- References
- External links
{{Infobox ship image| Ship image= | Ship caption=Hanazuki underway on December 18, 1944
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country= Empire of Japan | Japan|naval}} | Ship name= Hanazuki | Ship namesake= | Ship ordered= | Ship builder= Maizuru Naval Arsenal | Ship laid down= 10 February 1944 | Ship launched= 10 October 1944 | Ship completed= 26 December 1944 | Ship commissioned= 26 December 1944, 11th Destroyer Squadron | Ship decommissioned= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship struck= 5 October 1945 | Ship reinstated= | Ship homeport= | Ship motto= | Ship nickname= | Ship honours= | Ship fate= Sunk as target off Gotō Islands, Japan, 3 February 1948 | Ship status= | Ship notes=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Akizuki|destroyer (1942)|0}} destroyer | 2700|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} standard- {{convert|3700|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} full load
| 134.2|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | 11.6|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | 4.15|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship propulsion=*4 × Kampon type boilers- 2 × Parsons geared turbines
- 2 × shafts, {{convert|50000|shp|MW|0|abbr=on}}
| 33|kn|mph km/h|lk=in}} | 8300|nmi|km|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|18|kn|mph km/h|abbr=on}} | Ship complement=300 | Ship sensors= | Ship EW= | 100|mm|in|0|abbr=on}}/65 cal Type 98 DP guns- 37 × Type 96 {{convert|25|mm|in|abbr=on}} AA guns
- 4 × {{convert|13.2|mm|in|abbr=on}} AA guns
- 4 × {{convert|610|mm|in|0|abbr=on}} torpedo tubes
- 8 × Type 93 torpedoes
- 72 × Type 95 depth charges
| Ship armor= | Ship notes=
}} | {{nihongo|Hanazuki|花月}} was an {{sclass-|Akizuki|destroyer (1942)|0}} destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "(another name of) March".Design and descriptionThe Akizuki-class ships were originally designed as anti-aircraft escorts for carrier battle groups, but were modified with torpedo tubes and depth charges to meet the need for more general-purpose destroyer. Her crew numbered 300 officers and enlisted men. The ships measured {{convert|134.2|m|ftin|sp=us}} overall, with a beam of {{convert|11.6|m|ftin|sp=us}} and a draft of {{convert|4.15|m|ftin|sp=us}}.[1] They displaced {{convert|2744|t|LT|sp=us}} at standard load and {{convert|3759|t|LT|sp=us}} at deep load.[2] The ship had two Kampon geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, using steam provided by three Kampon water-tube boilers. The turbines were rated at a total of {{convert|52000|ihp|lk=in}} for a designed speed of {{convert|33|kn|lk=in}}. The ship carried up to {{convert|1097|LT|t}} of fuel oil which gave them a range of {{convert|8300|nmi|lk=in}} at a speed of {{convert|18|kn}}.[3] The main armament of the Akizuki class consisted of eight Type 98 {{convert|100|mm|adj=on|1|sp=us}} dual purpose guns in four twin-gun turrets, two superfiring pairs fore and aft of the superstructure. They carried four Type 96 {{convert|25|mm|adj=on|1|sp=us}} anti-aircraft guns in two twin-gun mounts. The ships were also armed with four {{convert|610|mm|in|adj=on|1|sp=us}} torpedo tubes in a single quadruple traversing mount; one reload was carried for each tube. Their anti-submarine weapons comprised six depth charge throwers for which 72 depth charges were carried.[4] Construction and careerIn June 1947, Hanazuki was turned over to United States as "DD-934", and was later sunk as target off Gotō Islands, Japan on 3 February 1948. Notes1. ^Chesneau, p. 195
2. ^Whitley, p. 204
3. ^Jentschura, Jung & Mickel, p. 150
4. ^Whitley, pp. 204–05
References- {{cite book|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946|editor1-last=Chesneau|editor1-first=Roger|publisher=Conway Maritime Press|location=Greenwich, UK|year=1980|isbn=0-85177-146-7}}
- {{cite book| last = Jentschura| first = Hansgeorg| first2 = Dieter |last2=Jung|first3=Peter |last3=Mickel| year = 1977| title = Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869–1945| publisher = United States Naval Institute| location = Annapolis, Maryland| isbn = 0-87021-893-X|lastauthoramp=y}}
- {{cite book|last=Whitley|first=M. J.|title=Destroyers of World War 2|publisher=Naval Institute Press|date=1988|isbn=0-87021-326-1|location=Annapolis, Maryland}}
External links- CombinedFleet.com: Akizuki-class destroyers
- CombinedFleet.com: Hanazuki history
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