Japanese destroyer Niizuki

Niizuki (新月)  was an Akizuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

On the night of 4–5 July 1943, Niizuki led a troop transport run to Kolombangara. With her radar she detected U.S. ships in Kula Gulf, and she, along with Yūnagi and JAPANESE DESTROYER Nagatsuki, fired a salvo of torpedoes, which sank USS Strong (DD-467).

On the night of 5–6 July 1943, Niizuki led another troop transport run to Kolombangara. In the Battle of Kula Gulf, she was sunk by gunfire of a U.S. cruiser-destroyer group, five miles (8 km) east of Kolombangara (-7.95°N, 157.2°W).