Japanese destroyer Fumizuki (1925)

Fuji Agata Shipyards

1926-1944

The Fumizuki (Japanese文 月, dt "July" ) was a destroyer Mutsuki - class of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

History

The ship was built by Fuji Agata Sb Co. in Osaka and ran on February 16, 1925 from the stack. Went into service on July 3, 1926 and 1928 it was given the name Fumizuki, as it was previously named with only one number (No. 29).

In the war it supported the Japanese landings at Lingayen Gulf and Aparri ( Battle of the Philippines). It has also been used for the monitoring of convoys to Songkhla, British Malaya, French Indochina and the invasion of Java. In addition, the destroyers drove missions of the Tokyo Express.

The Fumizuki was torpedoed Hailstone of aircraft carrier in the operation on 17 February 1944 in which 29 crew members were killed. The ship sank on 18 February at the coordinates: 7 ° 24 ' N, 151 ° 44' O7.4151.73333333333Koordinaten: 7 ° 24 '0 "N, 151 ° 44 ' 0 " E.