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was an destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "Winter Moon". ==Construction and career== On 25 May 1944, ''Fuyutsuki'' was completed at Maizuru Naval Arsenal, and she was assigned to the 11th Destroyer Squadron, Combined Fleet.〔The Maru Special (1978), p. 35.〕 On 24 June, she sailed to Yokosuka with ''Landing Ship No. 4'' and ''Landing Ship No. 104''.〔National Archives of Japan, reference code: C08030127400, p. 20.〕 On 25 June, she escorted the ''I-Gō Transport Squadron'',〔National Archives of Japan, reference code: C08030127400, p. 21.〕 on 29 June, she was deployed to Chichi-jima with the cruiser and destroyer . They returned to Yokosuka on 3 July.〔National Archives of Japan, reference code: C08030127500, p. 5.〕 On 11 July, she sailed to Tokuyama with the destroyer . On 14 July, she joined the ''Ro-Gō Transport Squadron'',〔National Archives of Japan, reference code: C08030127500, p. 32.〕 and sailed to Nakagusuku Bay. On 15 July, she was assigned to the 41st Destroyer Division, 10th Division, 3rd Fleet with the destroyer .〔National Archives of Japan, reference code: C08030127500, p. 31.〕 ''Fuyutsuki'' returned to Kure on 26 July.〔 On 12 October, while escorting the light cruiser from Yokosuka to the Inland Sea, she was hit in the bow by a torpedo fired from the submarine . She returned to Kure where she was repaired. On 31 January 1945 she ran aground on a sandbar near Ōita during a training mission in the Inland Sea. ''Fuyutsuki'' participated on the last mission of the battleship (6–7 April 1945). She sank the crippled destroyer with two torpedoes after taking aboard her crew. She was one of the few surviving ships, even though lightly damaged by 127 mm rockets and bombs. Her own losses were 12 dead and 12 injured. On 20 August 1945, ''Fuyutsuki'' hit a mine at Moji, Kyūshū, suffering heavy damage to her stern. She surrendered unrepaired and without armament. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Japanese destroyer Fuyutsuki」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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