Japanese destroyer Fuyutsuki
 Fuyutsuki, 23 May 1944
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| History | |
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 Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Fuyutsuki |
| Ordered | 1942 |
| Builder | Maizuru Naval Arsenal |
| Cost | 17,820,400 JPY (as naval budget)[1] |
| Laid down | 8 May 1943 |
| Launched | 20 January 1944 |
| Completed | 25 May 1944 |
| Commissioned | 25 May 1944 |
| Reclassified |
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| Stricken | 20 November 1945 |
| Homeport | Yokosuka |
| Fate | Scrapped and converted breakwater in May 1948 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Akizuki-class destroyer |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 134.2 m (440 ft 3 in) |
| Beam | 11.6 m (38 ft 1 in) |
| Draft | 4.15 m (13 ft 7 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 33 knots (38 mph; 61 km/h) |
| Range | 8,300 nmi (15,400 km) at 18 kn (21 mph; 33 km/h) |
| Complement | 300 |
| Armament |
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Fuyutsuki[2][3] (冬月, "Winter Moon") was an Akizuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "Winter Moon".
Design and description
The Akizuki-class ships were originally designed as
enlisted men.[5]
Each ship had two
kW) for a designed speed of 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph). The ships carried enough fuel oil to give them ranges of 8,300 nautical miles (15,400 km; 9,600 mi) at speeds of 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph).[7]
The main armament of the Akizuki class consisted of eight
foremast.[9]
Construction and career
On 25 May 1944, Fuyutsuki was completed at Maizuru Naval Arsenal, and she was assigned to the 11th Destroyer Squadron, Combined Fleet.[10]
On 24 June, she sailed to
On 11 July, she sailed to
On 12 October, while escorting the
. She returned to Kure where she was repaired.On 31 January 1945 she ran aground on a sandbar near
Ōita
during a training mission in the Inland Sea.
Fuyutsuki participated on the last mission of the battleship Yamato (6–7 April 1945). She sank the crippled destroyer Kasumi with two torpedoes after taking aboard her crew.[16] She was one of the few surviving ships, even though lightly damaged by 127 mm rockets and bombs. Her own losses were 12 dead and 12 injured.
On 20 August 1945, Fuyutsuki hit a
Kyūshū, suffering heavy damage to her stern
. She surrendered unrepaired and without armament.
References
Notes
- ^ Senshi Sōsho (1969), p. 815.
- Ministry of the Navy.
- ^ National Archives of Japan, reference code: C12070120400, p. 1.
- ^ Sturton, p. 195
- ^ a b Whitley, p. 204
- ^ Todaka, p. 213
- ^ Jentschura, Jung & Mickel, p. 150
- ^ Whitley, pp. 204–205
- ^ Stille, p. 33
- ^ The Maru Special (1978), p. 35.
- ^ National Archives of Japan, reference code: C08030127400, p. 20.
- ^ National Archives of Japan, reference code: C08030127400, p. 21.
- ^ a b National Archives of Japan, reference code: C08030127500, p. 5.
- ^ National Archives of Japan, reference code: C08030127500, p. 32.
- ^ National Archives of Japan, reference code: C08030127500, p. 31.
- ISBN 9781557049131.
Sources
- Dodson, Aidan & Cant, Serena (2020). Spoils of War: The Fate of Enemy Fleets after Two World Wars. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-5267-4198-1.
- ISBN 1-59114-119-2.
- Stille, Mark (2013). Imperial Japanese Navy Destroyers 1919–45 (2): Asahio to Tachibana Classes. Botley, UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84908-987-6.
- Sturton, Ian (1980). "Japan". In Chesneau, Roger (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Greenwich, UK: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-146-7.
- Todaka, Kazushige, ed. (2020). Destroyers: Selected Photos from the Archives of the Kure Maritime Museum; the Best from the Collection of Shizuo Fukui's Photos of Japanese Warships. Japanese Naval Warship Photo Album. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-59114-630-8.
- ISBN 1-85409-521-8.
Further reading
- Ushio Shobō (Ushioshobokojinsha Co., Ltd.), Tōkyō, Japan.
- The Maru Special, Imperial Japanese Vessels No. 19, Destroyer Asashio-class and Akizuki-class, 1978.
- Senshi Sōsho, Asagumo Shimbunsha Inc., Tōkyō, Japan.
- Vol. 31, Naval armaments and war preparation (1), "Until November 1941", 1969.
- Japan Center for Asian Historical Records (http://www.jacar.go.jp/english/index.html), National Archives of Japan, Tokyo, Japan.
- Reference code: C12070120400, October (1), Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of the Navy, 1943.
- Reference code: C08030127400, Wartime log book from June 1, 1944 to June 30, 1945, 11th Torpedo Squadron (1), HQ of 11th Destroyer Squadron, Imperial Japanese Navy, 1944.
- Reference code: C08030127500, Wartime log book from June 1, 1944 to June 30, 1945, 11th Torpedo Squadron (2), HQ of 11th Destroyer Squadron, Imperial Japanese Navy, 1944.
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