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Fumizuki

IJN Fumizuki

Sunk

Imperial Japanese Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassMutsuki
WarSecond World War
Main guns4 × 12 cm (4.7 in) Type 3 guns

Sunk at Truk in February 1944 by the American carrier raid, Operation Hailstone.

Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Fumizuki, the second Japanese warship to bear that name Photo: Shizuo Fukui, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 4 × 12 cm (4.7 in) Type 3 guns
  • 2 × triple 61 cm (24 in) torpedo tubes
  • 18 × depth charges
  • 16 × mines
BuilderFujinagata Shipyards, Osaka
Laid down20 October 1924 as Destroyer No. 29
Launched16 February 1926
Displacement1,336 t (1,315 long tons) (normal) 1,800 t (1,772 long tons) (deep load)
Length97.54 m (320 ft 0 in) (pp) 102.4 m (335 ft 11 in) (o/a)
Speed37.25 knots (68.99 km/h; 42.87 mph)
Complement150

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

She isn't listed in any of the fleet actions covered here.

Launched

16 February 1926