IJN · DD
SunkMutsuki-class destroyer. She was in the Philippines and Java invasions, collided with the transport Kachidoki Maru in September 1942, and ran Tokyo Express missions in the Solomons. She sank at Truk on 18 February 1944 after a near miss in the carrier raid.
| Class | Mutsuki class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Builder | Fujinagata Shipyards, Osaka |
| Launched | 1926-02-16 |
| Commissioned | 1926-07-03 |
| Fate | Sunk. Disabled by a near miss from a Navy Avenger at Truk on 17 February 1944, in Operation Hailstone. She flooded and sank on 18 February with 29 crew killed. A 1991 episode of the PBS series Return to the Sea includes footage of a dive on her wreck. |
| Armament (class) | Four single guns and two funnels. All of them were lost. |
Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.
Fumizuki, photographed in July 1926. Photo from the Kure Maritime Museum's destroyer album (Todaka, ed.). Wikimedia Commons File:Fumizuki II.jpg. Public domain.
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Operation Hailstone, the raid on Truk
1944-02-17 · disabled by a near miss from an Avenger on the 17th; flooded and sank on the 18th with 29 killed. Sunk
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