Battle of the Eastern Solomons on 25 August 1942, Mutsuki was sunk in an attack by USAAF B-17 Flying Fortress bombers while assisting the damaged transport Kinryu Maru, northeast of Santa Isabel island. Mutsuki took a direct bomb hit in her engineering section, killing 41 crewmen and injuring 11 more. Yayoi took on the survivors, which included her captain, Lt. Cdr. Kenji Hatano. Mutsuki was struck from the Navy List on 1 October 1942. Notes References External links Mutsuki-class destroyers on Materials of the Imperial Japanese Navy Mutsuki-class destroyers Ships built by Sasebo Naval Arsenal 1925 ships Second Sino-Japanese War naval ships of Japan World War II destroyers of Japan Destroyers sunk by aircraft Ships sunk by US aircraft World War II shipwrecks in the Pacific Ocean Battle of Wake Island Maritime incidents in August 1942