Suzutsuki was an Akizuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "Clear Moon ". Suzutsuki is best known for her participation in Operation Ten-Go as one of the battleship Yamato'
Suzutsuki at Ainoura, Sasebo, postwar
Yanagi's hull, with a sign describing the breakwater history, with Suzutsuki and Fuyutsuki buried in front of it.
Operation Kikusui I
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Operation Kikusui I, best known as Operation Ten-Go, literally Operation Heaven and in Japanese sources as the Battle off Cape Bono was the last major Japanese naval operation in the Pacific Theater o
Japanese destroyer Suzutsuki (1942)
…was an Akizuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "Clear Moon (in Autumn)". Suzutsuki is best known for her participation in Operation Ten-Go as one of the battleship Yamato's eight escort ships, where her bow was blown off by an American torpedo. Suzutsuki survived the battle, and escaped…
Yamato under attack
Aircraft such as this SB2C Helldiver begin their attacks on Yamato
Yahagi under intense bomb and torpedo attacks
Yamato listing to port and on fire