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Niizuki (新月, "New Moon") was an Akizuki-class
destroyer built for the
Imperial ****anese Navy (IJN)
during World War II.
Completed in
early 1943, she only...
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where she
wrecked the
destroyer Nagatsuki and
helped to sink the
destroyer Niizuki, and the
Battle of
Kolombangara where she
helped to sink the
light cruiser...
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Museum and Art Gallery.
Petrel found the
wreck of the ****anese destroyer
Niizuki upright in 745 m (2,444 ft) of
water in
January 2019.
While the
wreck was...
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salvo of 14
torpedoes fired by a
group of four ****anese destroyers, led by
Niizuki,
traveled a
distance of 11
nautical miles (20 km), and is
believed to be...
- Kortenaer.
Shortly before the
battle of Kula Gulf, July 5, 1943, the
destroyer Niizuki launched a
torpedo that hit and sank the
destroyer USS Strong. Sources...
- off Savo Island, 1
February 1943 Strong, sunk by a
torpedo fired by a
Niizuki operating in the Kula Gulf from 11
miles away,
believed to have been the...
- and
supply transport missions to
support the
Solomon Islands. In July,
Niizuki was
involved in the
battle of Kula Gulf,
during which she
torpedoed and...
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targeted the
leading destroyer—
Niizuki—with her main
battery while her 5-inch guns
engaged the
following vessel.
Niizuki also
received heavy fire from...
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destroyer Niizuki at some 19,000-22,0000 yards. As it
turned out, a
group of ****anese
destroyers were on a
troop transport run and,
using Niizuki's search...
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Koizumi (小泉村),
Mitake (御嶽村), Oya (大谷村),
Hashigami (階上村),
Matsuiwa (松岩村),
Niizuki (新月村),
Shishiori (鹿折),
Karakura (唐桑村),
Oshima (大島村)).
October 31, 1894:...
