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Yoizuki

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ClassAkizuki class
TypeDestroyer (DD)
BuilderUraga Dock Company
Launched1944-09-25
Commissioned1945-01-31
FateAfloat. Surrendered at Kure. Turned over to the Republic of China on 29 August 1947 and renamed Fen Yang. Scrapped in 1962 or 1963.
Armament (class)Anti-aircraft destroyer. Four twin mounts and one funnel.
Command
  • Nakao, Kotaro Commanding officer from 31 January 1945; Relieved on 10 February 1945
  • Araki, Masami Commanding officer from 10 February 1945

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.

Yoizuki
Yoizuki at Kure after the war, 16 October 1945, with her second turret removed. Photograph transferred to Commons from English Wikipedia, where it is described as a Japanese government work. Wikimedia Commons File:Yoizuki.jpg. Public domain.

The name means evening moon. Yoizuki was an Akizuki-class destroyer. Uraga Dock Company laid her down on 25 August 1943, launched her on 25 September 1944 and completed her on 31 January 1945. She was assigned to Destroyer Squadron 11 for training and never fought a ship.

She was in an air raid at Yokosuka on 16 February 1945 and reached Kure on 23 February. On 25 May she joined Destroyer Division 41 with Fuyutsuki, Suzutsuki and Natsuzuki. On 5 June she hit a mine leaving Kure and was repaired alongside the quay. She was moored and camouflaged in the Inland Sea at the surrender.

After the war she carried repatriates. She was struck from the Navy List on 5 October 1945 and turned over to China on 29 August 1947. As Fen Yang she served until she was scrapped in 1962 or 1963.

Commanding officers, from the combinedfleet.com record: Commander Kotaro Nakao, 31 January 1945 to 10 February 1945; Commander Masami Araki, from 10 February 1945.

Sources: Allyn Nevitt's combinedfleet.com Tabular Record of Movement for IJN Yoizuki; Wikipedia, Japanese destroyer Yoizuki, rewritten here.

The pictures on this page are the originals.