Japanese destroyer Mutsuki
- Japanese destroyer Mutsuki
nihongo|Mutsuki|睦月, was a 1315-ton first-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy, and the name ship of a class of twelve destroyers.
History
Served in the January 28 Incident in 1932. She served through the first few months of World War II, participating in the invasion of Wake Island and the Guadalcanal campaign. She was sunk by air attack by U.S. Army Air Corps B-17s off Santa Isabel Island in the Solomon Islands chain on 25 August 1942.
Commanding Officers
* Chief Equipping Officer - Cmdr. Kunio Shiraishi - 1 December 1925 - 25 March 1926
* Cmdr. Kunio Shiraishi - 25 March 1926 - 1 December 1927
* Cmdr. Saburo Ishibashi - 1 December 1927 - 10 December 1928
* Lt. Cmdr. Yoshio Kanemasu - 10 December 1928 - 1 November 1929
* Lt. Cmdr. Keizo Sato - 1 November 1929 - 1 December 1930
* Lt. Cmdr. Kanichi Takatsugu - 1 December 1930 - 20 May 1932
* Lt. Cmdr. Mikio Ihara - 20 May 1932 - 15 November 1934
* Lt. Cmdr. Shinichirou Maeda - 15 November 1934 - 31 October 1935
* Lt. Cmdr. Eizo Yoshida - 1 November 1935 - 16 November 1936
* Lt. Cmdr. Masashichi Shirahama - 16 November 1936 - 1 December 1936
* Lt. Cmdr. Kiichi Shintani - 1 December 1936 - 1 December 1937
* Lt. Cmdr. Michio Oka - 1 December 1937 - 1 November 1938
* Lt. Cmdr. Yoshinao Ota - 1 November 1938 - 1 May 1940
* Lt. Cmdr. / Cmdr. Eiji Sakuma - 1 May 1940 - 15 November 1940 (Promoted to Commander on 1 November 1940.)
* Lt. Cmdr. Yoshi Moriyuki - 15 November 1940 - 12 September 1941
* Lt. Cmdr. Kenji Hatano - 12 September 1941 - 25 August 1942
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