Japanese destroyer Fuyuzuki

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Completed: 25 May 1944
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Struck: 20 November 1945
General Characteristics
Displacement: 2,700 tons standard;
3,700 tons full load
Length: 440 ft 3 in (134.2 meters
Beam: 38 ft 1 in (11.6 m)
Draft: 13 ft 7 in (4.5 m)
Speed: 33 knots (61 km/h)
Complement: 300
Armament: 8 × 100 mm / 65 cal DP guns,
up to 51 × 25 mm AA guns,
4 × 610 mm Type 93 torpedo tubes,
72 depth charges

Fuyuzuki was a Akizuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "Winter Moon".

On 20 August 1945, Fuyuzuki hit a mine at Moji, Kyūshū, suffering heavy damage to her stern. She surrendered unrepaired and without armament.


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Akizuki-class destroyer

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