Japanese destroyer Yoizuki
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| Career (Japan) |  |
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| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 25 August 1943 |
| Launched: | 25 September 1944 |
| Completed: | 31 January 1945 |
| Commissioned: | |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Struck: | 5 October 1945 |
| Fate: | Transferred to China, 29 August 1947 |
| Career (China) |  |
| Acquired: | 29 August |
| Renamed: | Fen Yang |
| Commissioned: | |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Struck: | |
| Fate: | Scrapped, 1962–63 |
| 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 |
Yoizuki was a Akizuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "Moon Visible as Day Joins Evening". She was commissioned too late to see action in World War II.
In March, 1946, Yoizuki was used to transport over 1000 Formosans, Filipinos and Japanese prisoners of war from Sydney, Australia. The conditions aboard ship and the obvious distress of the repatriates prompted controversy in Australia.
On 29 August 1947, Yoizuki was turned over to the Republic of China. Renamed CNS Fen Yang, she was scrapped 1962–63.
Commanding Officers
Chief Equipping Officer - Cmdr. Kotarou Nakao - 5 December 1944 - 31 January 1945
Cmdr. Kotarou Nakao - 31 January 1945 - 10 February 1945
Cmdr. Masaomi Araki - 10 February 1945 - 15 August 1945
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