Japanese destroyer Wakatsuki

Wakatsuki (若月) was an Akizuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "Young (= Crescent) Moon".

Wakatsuki participated in rescuing sailors from two of the aircraft carriers that participated in the attack on Pearl Harbor: JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER Shōkaku (June 1944) and JAPANESE AIRCRAFT CARRIER Zuikaku (October 1944) when each was sunk by US forces.

On 11 November 1944, Wakatsuki was escorting a troop convoy to Ormoc, Philippines. She was sunk by aircraft of Task Force 38 in Ormoc Bay, west of Leyte (10.83333°N, 124.58333°W).