Japanese destroyer Teruzuki (1941)

	Sister ship Akizuki in May 1942
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Teruzuki
Builder	Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Launched	21 November 1941
Completed	31 August 1942
Stricken	15 January 1943
Fate	Sunk in action, 12 December 1942
General characteristics
Class and type	Akizuki-class destroyer
Displacement	2,701 long tons (2,744 t) (standard)
Length	134.2 m (440 ft 3 in)
Beam	11.6 m (38 ft 1 in)
Draft	4.15 m (13 ft 7 in)
Installed power	3 × water-tube boilers; 52,000 shp (38,776 kW);
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range	8,300 nmi (15,400 km; 9,600 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	300
Armament	4 × twin 100 mm (3.9 in) DP guns; 2 × twin 25 mm (1 in) AA guns; 1 × quadruple 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes; 4 × depth charge throwers; 54 × depth charges;

Teruzuki (照月, "Shining Moon" or "Illuminated Moon") was the second of 13 Akizuki-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the 1940s. The Akizuki-class ships were given a heavy armament of eight dual-purpose guns to fulfill their designed role as aircraft carrier escorts, although the design was modified with additional weapons to improve their flexibility. Completed in mid-1942, Teruzuki played a minor role in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands in October. The following month she participated in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, crippling several American warships, without taking any damage herself. The ship was sunk in December by American patrol torpedo boats as she escorted a convoy delivering supplies to the Japanese troops on Guadalcanal.

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