Japanese destroyer Fuyutsuki

Fuyutsuki (冬月) was an Akizuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "Winter Moon".

On 25 May 1944, completed at Maizuru Naval Arsenal, and she assigned 11th Destroyer Squadron, Combined Fleet.

On 24 June, she sailed Yokosuka with Landing ship No. 4 and Landing ship No. 104. On 25 June, she entry to the I-Gō Transport Squadron, on 29 June, she sailed Chichi-jima with cruiser Nagara and destroyer Matsu. They were retruened to Yokosuka on 3 July.

On 11 July, she sailed Tokuyama with destroyer Kiyoshimo, on 14 July, she entry to the Ro-Gō Transport Squadron, and sailed Nakagusuku Bay. On 15 July, she assigned 41st Destroyer Division, 10th Division, 3rd Fleet with destroyer Shimotsuki. Fuyutsuki returned to Kure on 26 July.

On 12 October, while escorting the light cruiser JAPANESE CRUISER Ōyodo from Yokosuka to the Inland Sea, she was hit on the bow by a torpedo fired from USS Trepang (SS-412). She returned to Kure where she was repaired.

On 31 January 1945 she ran aground on a sandbar near Ōita during a training mission in the Inland Sea.

She participated on the last mission of the JAPANESE BATTLESHIP Yamato (6–7 April 1945). She sank the crippled destroyer JAPANESE DESTROYER Kasumi with two torpedoes after taking aboard her crew. She was one of the few surviving ships, even though lightly damaged by 127 mm rockets and bombs. Her own losses were 12 dead and 12 injured.

On 20 August 1945, Fuyutsuki hit a mine at Moji, Kyūshū, suffering heavy damage to her stern. She surrendered unrepaired and without armament.