- Design and description
- Construction and career
- Notes
- References
- External links
{{Infobox ship image| Ship image= | Ship caption= Yoizuki in Kure on 16 October 1945, after the war.
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country= Empire of Japan | Empire of Japan|naval}} | Ship name= Yoizuki | Ship namesake= | Ship ordered= | Ship builder= Uraga Dock Company | Ship laid down= 25 August 1943 | Ship launched= 25 September 1944 | Ship completed= 31 January 1945 | Ship commissioned= 31 January 1945, 11th Destroyer Squadron | Ship decommissioned= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship struck= 5 October 1945 | Ship homeport= | Ship nickname= | Ship fate= Transferred to China, 29 August 1947 | Ship status= | Ship notes=
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header=title | Ship country= Taiwan | Republic of China|naval}} | Ship name= Fen Yang | Ship acquired= 29 August 1947 | Ship commissioned= February 1949, Training Fleet | Ship decommissioned= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship struck= 1963 | Ship homeport= | Ship motto= | Ship fate= Scrapped, 1963 | Ship status= | Ship notes=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Akizuki|destroyer (1942)|0}} destroyer | 2700|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} standard- {{convert|3700|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} full load
| 134.2|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | 11.6|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | 4.15|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship propulsion=*4 × Kampon type boilers- 2 × Parsons geared turbines
- 2 × shafts, {{convert|50000|shp|MW|0|abbr=on}}
| 33|kn|mph km/h|lk=in}} | 8300|nmi|km|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|18|kn|mph km/h|abbr=on}} | Ship complement=263 | Ship sensors= | Ship EW= | 100|mm|in|0|abbr=on}}/65 cal Type 98 DP guns- Unknown × Type 96 {{convert|25|mm|in|abbr=on}} AA guns (3×7 + 1×up to 40)
- 4 × {{convert|610|mm|in|0|abbr=on}} torpedo tubes
- 16 × Type 93 torpedoes
- 54 × Type 95 depth charges
| Ship armor= | Ship notes=
}} | {{nihongo|Yoizuki|宵月}} was an {{sclass-|Akizuki|destroyer (1942)|0}} destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "Moon Visible as Day Joins Evening". She was commissioned too late to see action in World War II. Following the war, the ship was handed over to the Republic of China and renamed Fen Yang.Design and descriptionThe Akizuki-class ships were originally designed as anti-aircraft escorts for carrier battle groups, but were modified with torpedo tubes and depth charges to meet the need for more general-purpose destroyer. Her crew numbered 300 officers and enlisted men. The ships measured {{convert|134.2|m|ftin|sp=us}} overall, with a beam of {{convert|11.6|m|ftin|sp=us}} and a draft of {{convert|4.15|m|ftin|sp=us}}.[1] They displaced {{convert|2744|t|LT|sp=us}} at standard load and {{convert|3759|t|LT|sp=us}} at deep load.[2] The ship had two Kampon geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, using steam provided by three Kampon water-tube boilers. The turbines were rated at a total of {{convert|52000|ihp|lk=in}} for a designed speed of {{convert|33|kn|lk=in}}. The ship carried up to {{convert|1097|LT|t}} of fuel oil which gave them a range of {{convert|8300|nmi|lk=in}} at a speed of {{convert|18|kn}}.[3] The main armament of the Akizuki class consisted of eight Type 98 {{convert|100|mm|adj=on|1|sp=us}} dual purpose guns in four twin-gun turrets, two superfiring pairs fore and aft of the superstructure. They carried four Type 96 {{convert|25|mm|adj=on|1|sp=us}} anti-aircraft guns in two twin-gun mounts. The ships were also armed with four {{convert|610|mm|in|adj=on|1|sp=us}} torpedo tubes in a single quadruple traversing mount; one reload was carried for each tube. Their anti-submarine weapons comprised six depth charge throwers for which 72 depth charges were carried.[4] Construction and careerIn March, 1946, Yoizuki was used to transport over 1,000 Formosans, Filipinos and Japanese prisoners of war from Sydney, Australia. The conditions aboard ship and the obvious distress of the repatriates prompted controversy in Australia. On 29 August 1947, Yoizuki was turned over to the Republic of China. Renamed CNS Fen Yang, she was scrapped in 1963. Notes1. ^Chesneau, p. 195
2. ^Whitley, p. 204
3. ^Jentschura, Jung & Mickel, p. 150
4. ^Whitley, pp. 204–05
References- {{cite book|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946|editor1-last=Chesneau|editor1-first=Roger|publisher=Conway Maritime Press|location=Greenwich, UK|year=1980|isbn=0-85177-146-7}}
- {{cite book| last = Jentschura| first = Hansgeorg| first2 = Dieter |last2=Jung|first3=Peter |last3=Mickel| year = 1977| title = Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869–1945| publisher = United States Naval Institute| location = Annapolis, Maryland| isbn = 0-87021-893-X|lastauthoramp=y}}
- {{cite book|last=Whitley|first=M. J.|title=Destroyers of World War 2|publisher=Naval Institute Press|date=1988|isbn=0-87021-326-1|location=Annapolis, Maryland}}
External links- CombinedFleet.com: Akizuki-class destroyers
- CombinedFleet.com: Yoizuki history
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