Japanese destroyer Fuyuzuki
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 Fuyuzuki |
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| Career |  |
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| Laid down: | May 8, 1943 |
| Launched: | January 20, 1944 |
| Commissioned: | April 30, 1944 |
| Reclassified: | to transport on February 25, 1946 |
| Struck: | November 20, 1945 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in 1948 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2,700 tons standard; 3,700 tons full load |
| Length: | 440 ft 3 in (134.2 m) |
| Beam: | 38 ft 1 in (11.6 m) |
| Draft: | 13 ft 7 in (4.1 m) |
| Propulsion: | 4 × Kampon type boilers, 2 × Parsons geared turbines, 2 × shafts at 50,000 shp (37 MW) |
| 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".
October 12, 1944 — during escort of light cruiser Ōyodo from Yokosuka to the Inland Sea — she was hit on bow by torpedo fired from USS Trepang (SS-412). January 31, 1945 she run aground on a sandbar near Oita during a training in the Inland Sea. She participated on the last mission of the battleship Yamato (6.-7. April 1944). She sunk the cripled destroyer Kasumi with two torpedoes after taking aboard her crew. She was one of the few surviving ships, even lightly damaged by 127mm rockets and bombs. Her own loses were 12 dead and 12 injured.
On 20 August 1945, Fuyuzuki hit a mine at Moji, Kyūshū, suffering heavy damage to her stern. She surrendered unrepaired and without armament.
Commanding Officers
Chief Equipping Officer - Cmdr. Eiji Sakuma - 5 May 1944 - 25 May 1944
Cmdr. / Capt. Eiji Sakuma - 25 May 1944 - 1 March 1945 (Promoted to Captain on 15 October 1944.)
Cmdr. / Capt. Hiroo Yamana - 1 March 1945 - 15 August 1945 (Promoted to Captain on 1 May 1945.)
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