Japanese destroyer Fumizuki (1926)
Fumizuki in July 1926 | |
| History | |
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| Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Fumizuki |
| Namesake | July |
| Builder | Fujinagata Shipyards, Osaka |
| Laid down | 20 October 1924 as Destroyer No. 29 |
| Launched | 16 February 1926 |
| Completed | 3 July 1926 |
| Renamed | As Fumizuki, 1 August 1928 |
| Stricken | 31 March 1944 |
| Fate | Sunk by American aircraft, 18 February 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Mutsuki-class destroyer |
| Displacement |
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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 30 |
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Fumizuki (文月, ”July”) was one of twelve Mutsuki-class destroyers, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the 1920s. During the Pacific War, she participated in the Philippines Campaign in December 1941 and the Dutch East Indies Campaign in early 1942. In March, she was assigned to convoy escort duties in and around Malaya and the Dutch East Indies until she was transferred to Rabaul in early 1943 to ferry troops around New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.