file created: 12/07/02 01:04:53 , last update: 06/02/00
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DD Suzucuki
Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Akizuki 1941/03/15
Micubishi Nagasaki
1942/03/04 1942/12/29 1948
scrap
Namesake: "Colder Moon" ("studenější měsíc")
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage:


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
43/01/15     3rdFlt/DesRon10/DesDiv61     99 
43/03/22 43/03/27     escort Dzunjo and Hijo from Saeki to Truk   99 
43/03/29 43/04/06     base-construction materials transport run from Truk to Rabaul and back   99 
43/05/17 43/05/22   CF/DesRon10/DesDiv61 escort fleet from Truk to Jokosuka as reaction on US Attu landing   99 
43/06       Japan - upkeep, training   99 
43/07/10 43/07/15   CF/DesRon10/DesDiv61 escort fleet from Japan to Truk   99 
43/07/19 43/07/21   CF/DesRon10/DesDiv61 escort Nisshin, Mogami, Ojodo and Agano on troop transport run from Truk to Rabaul   99 
43/07/2? 43/07/30   DesDiv61 sail from Truk to Palau   99 
43/07/22     DesDiv61/FF,DF troop transport run to Buka   99 
43/07/24 43/07/26   CF/DesRon10/DesDiv61 escort Mogami, Ojodo and Agano from Rabaul to Truk   99 
43/07/30 43/08/03   DesDiv61 escort AOs from Palau to Trul   99 
43/08/08 43/08/10   DesDiv61 escort Mjoko and Haguro on troop transport run from Truk to Rabaul   99 
43/08/27 43/09/02   DesDiv61 escort Kashima from Truk to Kwajalein and back   99 
43/09/18 43/09/25   CF/DesRon10/DesDiv61 sail from Truk to Eniwetok and back as repsonse to TF 50 strikes on Gilberts   99 
43/10/16 43/10/28   CF/DesRon10/DesDiv61 sail from Truk to Eniwetok and back in anticipation of further U.S. carrier raids   99 
43/11/12 43/11/15   DesDiv61 assist Agano off Truk   99 
43/11/24 43/12/05   CF/DesRon10/DesDiv61 sail from Truk to Kwajalein > Eniwetok > Roi and back as response to US Tarawa landing   99 
43/12/07 43/12/12   DesDiv61 escort Zuikaku and Cikuma from Truk to Kure   99 
43/12/24 44/01/09   DesDiv61 escort AP Akagi Maru from Unajima to Wake Is., then back to Kure   99 
44/01/15 44/01/16   DesDiv61 escort AP Akagi MAru from Unajima towards Wake Is.   99 
44/01/16       disable(Sturgeon) Bungo Strait - 135 KIA (incl. CO and ComDesDiv61)   99 
44/01/18 44/10/12     Kure - repairs   99 
44/01/18       towed to Kure by Hacuzuki   99 
44/10/16       damaged (Besugo) off Toizaki W of Bungo Strait (32-30N, 132-36E) - lost part of bow   99 
44/10/17 44/11/11     Kure - repairs   99 
44/11/15     2ndFlt/DesRon2/DesDiv41     99 
44/11/23 44/11/30     escort Dzunjo on transport mission from Kure to Mako > Manila   99 
44/12 45/03     Inland Sea - upkeep, training   99 
44/12/01 44/12/09     escort Dzunjo from Manila to Mako, then escort Dzunjo and Haruna from Mako to Sasebo   99 
45/04/06 45/04/07   2ndFlt/DesRon10/DesDiv41 Jamato action   99 
45/04/07     2ndFlt/DesRon10/DesDiv41 damage(TF 38) off Okinawa - 1 direct hit, near miss - 57 KIA, 34 WIA   99 
45/04/08 45/05/05     Sasebo - drydock   99 
45/06/01 45/07/05   CF/CortRon31/DesDiv41     99 
45/06/10       mored off Sasebo as floating AA battery   99 
45/07/05     Reserve Ship removed from DesDiv41   99 
45/08/1?       surrended at Sasebo   99 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1945/11/20 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...):
Notice: used as breakwater at Takamacu, later scrapped