Japanese destroyer Uzuki (1925)

	Uzuki in August 1926
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Uzuki
Namesake	April
Builder	Ishikawajima Shipyards
Laid down	11 January 1924 as Destroyer No. 25
Launched	15 October 1925
Completed	14 September 1926
Renamed	As Uzuki, 1 August 1928
Stricken	10 January 1945
Fate	Sunk by PT boats on 12 December 1944
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 23
Operations:	Second Sino-Japanese War; Invasion of Guam; Solomon Islands campaign; Battle of the Philippine Sea;

Uzuki (卯月, "April") was one of twelve Mutsuki-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the 1920s. During the Pacific War, she participated in the Battle of Wake Island in December 1941 and the occupations of New Guinea and the Solomon Islands in early 1942.

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