Japanese destroyer Tsuga (1920)

Tsuga in 1940
History
Empire of Japan
NameTsuga
BuilderIshikawajima, Tokyo
Laid down5 March 1919
Launched17 April 1920
Completed20 July 1920
Stricken10 March 1945
FateSunk by American aircraft, 15 January 1945
General characteristics (as built)
TypeMomi-class destroyer
Displacement
Length
  • 275 ft (83.8 m) (pp)
  • 280 ft (85.3 m) (o/a)
Beam26 ft (7.9 m)
Draft8 ft (2.4 m)
Installed power
Propulsion2 shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines
Speed36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Range3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement110
Armament

The Japanese destroyer Tsuga () was one of 21 Momi-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the late 1910s. She spent most of the Pacific War patrolling and escorting convoys in and around Chinese waters, during which the ship participated in the Battle of Hong Kong in December 1941. Tsuga was sunk by American carrier aircraft in early 1945.