Yūzuki
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| Yūzuki | |
 Yūzuki on July 5, 1928 |
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| Overview | |
| Type | destroyer |
| Shipyard |
Fujinagata Shipyards |
| Keel laying | November 27, 1926 |
| Launch | March 4, 1927 |
| period of service |
From 1927 to 1944 |
| Commissioning | July 25, 1927 |
| Whereabouts | Sunk on December 12, 1944 after an air raid |
| Technical specifications | |
| See: Mutsuki class | |
The Yūzuki ( Japanese 夕 月 , dt. "Evening moon") was a destroyer of the Mutsuki class of the Imperial Japanese Navy .
history
The ship was built by Fujinagata Shipyards in Osaka and was launched there on March 4, 1927. The commissioning took place on July 25, 1927 and in 1928 it was baptized with the name Yūzuki , as it was previously named with only one number (no. 34).
literature
- MJ Whitley: Destroyer in World War II . Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 1991, ISBN 3-613-01426-2 .