Japanese destroyer Yoizuki
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was an Akizuki-class
Akizuki class destroyer (1942)
The was one of the primary classes of new destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy after 1942. The IJN called them from their plan name. They were designed to fight larger ships, aircraft and submarines....
destroyer
Destroyer
In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers. Destroyers, originally called torpedo-boat destroyers in 1892, evolved from...
of the Imperial Japanese Navy
Imperial Japanese Navy
The Imperial Japanese Navy was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1869 until 1947, when it was dissolved following Japan's constitutional renunciation of the use of force as a means of settling international disputes...
. Her name means "Moon Visible as Day Joins Evening". She was commissioned too late to see action in World War II.
In March, 1946, Yoizuki was used to transport over 1,000 Formosans, Filipinos and Japanese prisoners of war from Sydney
Sydney
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, 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
Republic of China
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. Renamed CNS Fen Yang, she was scrapped in 1963.