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Miyuki

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ClassFubuki class
TypeDestroyer (DD)
BuilderUraga Dock Company
Launched1928-06-26
Commissioned1929-06-29
FateSunk. Lost in a collision with the destroyer Inazuma on 29 June 1934 in the Korea Strait, south of Cheju. At least five of her crew died; the exact number is uncertain. She was struck from the Navy List on 15 August 1934.
Armament (class)Special Type. Three twin 5-inch mounts, two funnels, and three banks of tubes.

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.

Miyuki
Miyuki, photographed on 5 September 1931. Photo from the Kure Maritime Museum's destroyer album (Todaka, ed.). Wikimedia Commons File:Miyuki.jpg. Public domain.

The name means deep snow. Miyuki was a Fubuki-class destroyer. Uraga Dock Company laid her down on 30 April 1927, launched her on 26 June 1928 and commissioned her on 29 June 1929.

On 29 June 1934 she collided with the destroyer Inazuma in the Korea Strait, south of Cheju, and sank. At least five of her crew died; the number is not certain. She was struck from the Navy List on 15 August 1934. She was the only modern Japanese destroyer that did not serve in World War II, and the only Japanese destroyer lost in a collision with another Japanese destroyer.

Sources: Wikipedia, Japanese destroyer Miyuki, rewritten here.

The pictures on this page are the originals.