Japanese destroyer Kisaragi (1925)

	Kisaragi at anchor, February 1927
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Kisaragi
Namesake	February
Builder	Maizuru Naval Arsenal
Laid down	3 June 1924 as Destroyer No. 21
Launched	5 June 1925
Completed	21 December 1925
Renamed	As Kisaragi, 1 August 1928
Stricken	15 January 1942
Fate	Sunk, 11 December 1941
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 30
Operations:	Battle of Wake Island

Kisaragi (如月, "February") was one of twelve Mutsuki-class destroyers, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the 1920s. Retreating after the sinking of destroyer Hayate by American coast-defense guns during the Battle of Wake Island in December 1941, Kisaragi was sunk with all hands by American aircraft. She had the distinction of being the second major Japanese warship lost during the war (after Hayate earlier the same day). She should not be confused with an earlier World War I-period Kamikaze-class destroyer with the same name.

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