:Japanese destroyer Miyuki
{{short description|Fubuki-class destroyer}}
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{{nihongo|Miyuki|深雪|”Deep Snow”}}Nelson. Japanese-English Character Dictionary. Page 558 was the fourth of twenty-four {{sclass|Fubuki|destroyer}}s, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) following World War I.
History
Construction of the advanced Fubuki-class destroyers was authorized as part of the IJN's expansion program from fiscal 1923, intended to give Japan a qualitative edge with the world's most modern ships.Fitzsimons, Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons and Warfare p.1040 The Fubuki class had performance that was a quantum leap over previous destroyer designs, so much so that they were designated {{nihongo|Special Type destroyers|特型|Tokugata}}. The large size, powerful engines, high speed, large radius of action and unprecedented armament gave these destroyers the firepower similar to many light cruisers in other navies.Peattie & Evans, Kaigun page 221-222. Miyuki, built at the Uraga Dock Company was laid down on 30 April 1927, launched on 29 June 1928 and commissioned on 29 June 1929.{{cite web | url= http://homepage2.nifty.com/nishidah/e/stc0423.htm | title= Fubuki class 1st class destroyers | last= Nishidah | first= Hiroshi | year= 2002 | work= Materials of the Imperial Japanese Navy | publisher= | access-date= 2009-03-01 | archive-url= https://archive.today/20120711190830/http://homepage2.nifty.com/nishidah/e/stc0423.htm | archive-date= 2012-07-11 | url-status= dead }} Originally assigned hull designation “Destroyer No. 38”, she was completed as Miyuki.
Operational history
Miyuki was lost in a collision with the Japanese destroyer {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Inazuma|1932|2}} on 29 June 1934 in the Korea Strait, south of Cheju. ({{coord|33|00|N|125|30|E|display=inline,title}}) The number of casualties is not certain, but at least five crewmen perished in the accident. Miyuki was struck from the navy list on 15 August 1934.{{cite web | url= http://homepage2.nifty.com/nishidah/e/stc0423.htm | title= Fubuki class destroyers | last= Nishidah | first= Hiroshi | year= 2002 | work= Materials of the Imperial Japanese Navy | publisher= | access-date= 2009-03-01 | archive-url= https://archive.today/20120711190830/http://homepage2.nifty.com/nishidah/e/stc0423.htm | archive-date= 2012-07-11 | url-status= dead }}
Miyuki was the only modern Japanese destroyer that did not serve in World War II, and was the only Japanese destroyer lost in a collision with another Japanese destroyer.
Notes
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References
- {{cite book|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946|editor1-last=Chesneau|editor1-first=Roger|publisher=Conway Maritime Press|location=Greenwich, UK|year=1980|isbn=0-85177-146-7}}
- {{cite book| last1 = Jentschura| first1 = Hansgeorg| first2 = Dieter |last2=Jung|first3=Peter |last3=Mickel| year = 1977| title = Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869–1945| publisher = United States Naval Institute| location = Annapolis, Maryland| isbn = 0-87021-893-X|name-list-style=amp}}
- {{cite book | last = Nelson | first = Andrew N. | year = 1967 | title = Japanese–English Character Dictionary | publisher = Tuttle | isbn = 0-8048-0408-7 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/modernreadersjap00nels }}
- {{cite book |last1=Stille |first1=Mark |title=Imperial Japanese Navy Destroyers 1919-45 (1): Minekaze to Shiratsuyu Classes |date=2013 |publisher=Osprey Publishing |location=Botley, UK |isbn=978-1-84908-984-5|series=New Vanguard|volume=198}}
- {{cite book|last=Whitley|first=M. J.|title=Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia|publisher=Naval Institute Press|year=1988|isbn=0-87021-326-1 |location=Annapolis, Maryland |author-link=Michael J. Whitley}}
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Category:Fubuki-class destroyers
Category:Ships built by Uraga Dock Company
Category:Maritime incidents in 1934