Japanese destroyer Yūzuki
Yūzuki on 5 July 1928 | |
| History | |
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| Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Yūzuki |
| Builder | Fujinagata Shipyards, Osaka |
| Laid down | 27 November 1926 as Destroyer No. 34 |
| Launched | 4 March 1927 |
| Completed | 25 July 1927 |
| Renamed | As Yūzuki, 1 August 1928 |
| Stricken | 20 January 1945 |
| Fate | Sunk by American aircraft, 12 December 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Mutsuki-class destroyer |
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| Length | |
| Beam | 9.16 m (30 ft 1 in) |
| Draft | 2.96 m (9 ft 9 in) |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 × Kampon geared steam turbines |
| Speed | 37.25 knots (68.99 km/h; 42.87 mph) |
| Range | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 150 |
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| Service record | |
| Part of: | Destroyer Division 23 |
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The Japanese destroyer Yūzuki (夕月, ”Evening Moon”) was the last of twelve Mutsuki-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the 1920s. During the Pacific War, she participated in the Battle of Guam in December 1941 and the occupations of New Guinea and the Solomon Islands in early 1942.