Japanese destroyer Yayoi (1925)

Uraga Dock Company

1926-1942

The Yayoi (Japanese弥 生, dt " March " ) was a destroyer Mutsuki - class of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

History

The ship was built by Uraga Dock Co. and launched on July 11, 1925 from the stack. Went into service on August 28, 1926 to August 1, 1928, was baptized in the name of Yayoi because it was previously named only with a number (No. 23).

In the Pacific War, the ship participated among others in the Battle of Wake, surgery MO, as well as the Battle of the Eastern Solomons ( where survivors of the Mutsuki were taken ) part. During the evacuation of Japanese troops during Operation Ke, the ship on September 11, 1943 attack by U.S. aircraft and at 8 ° 45 ' S, 151 ° 25' O 8.75151.41666666667Koordinaten: 8 ° 45 '0 "S, 151 ° 25 ' 0 "E abandoned. The Mochizuki and Isokaze later took on 88 survivors from the island of Normanby.

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