© 1998 Allyn D. Nevitt

IJN Natsuzuki: Tabular Record of Movement


Name Translation: "Summer Moon"

8 April 1945:
Completed at Sasebo; assigned same date to Desron 11, Second Fleet, for training. Ship's captain: Commander Nishino Shigeru [59] (prev. C.O. SHIGURE).

20 April:

Desron 11 reassigned to Combined Fleet.

25 May:

Assigned to Desdiv 41 (FUYUZUKI, SUZUTSUKI, YOIZUKI), Escort Squadron 31, Combined Fleet.

16 June:
Heavily damaged:
hit mine; to Sasebo for repairs.

August:

In Moji at end of war.

5 October 1945:

Removed from Navy List. Later used as repatriation ship.

25 August 1947:

Turned over to Great Britain; scrapped at Uraga in 1948.


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