Beschrijving

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Mikazuki was one of twelve Mutsuki-class destroyers, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy following World War I. Advanced for their time, these ships served as first-line destroyers through the 1930s, but were considered obsolescent by the start of the Pacific War. Construction of the Mutsuki-class destroyers was authorized as part of the Imperial Japanese Navy’s build up following the abandonment of the Washington Naval Treaty from fiscal 1923. The class was a follow-on to the earlier Minekaze class and Kamikaze class destroyers, with which they shared many common design characteristics.