Pacific ships
Diagram of the class, not a photograph of this ship

IJN · DD

Niizuki

Photos and info
Sunk

Akizuki-class destroyer. Flagship of the Japanese force at Kula Gulf. Sunk by the American gunfire. Not credited to one ship.

Akizuki classSunk at the Battle of Kula Gulf, 6 July 1943. Rear Admiral Akiyama was lost with her.

No photograph of this ship. This is a U.S. Navy recognition sheet of the Akizuki class, ONI 41-42, March 1943. The sheet calls the class Terutsuki. It is not a picture of Niizuki. Public domain.

Command

KKKiyoshi KanedaCaptain from 31 March 1943

Battle of Kula Gulf

1943-07-06 · flagship; sunk by gunfire

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Shot and shell

Taken · sunkfrom the American cruiser and destroyer line
The Japanese flagship Niizuki was sunk by the American gunfire. Rear Admiral Akiyama was lost with her. Not credited to one ship.