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Yoizuki

Afloat

Akizuki-class destroyer completed on 31 January 1945, too late for action. She hit a mine on 5 June 1945 and went to China in 1947 as Fen Yang.

Class	Akizuki class
Type	Destroyer (DD)
Builder	Uraga Dock Company
Launched	1944-09-25
Commissioned	1945-01-31
Fate	Afloat. 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 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 pictures on this page are the originals.

Command

KNNakao, KotaroCommanding officer from 31 January 1945Relieved on 10 February 1945 MAAraki, MasamiCommanding officer from 10 February 1945

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