IJN Fumitzuki destroyer - June 10th, 2024

On June 10th, we dove the IJN Fumitzuki wreck. While at Truk on 17 February 1944, the IJN Destroyer Fumizuki received a near miss bomb from a Grumman TBF Avenger during Operation Hailstone, when carrier-based US Navy aircraft attacked the Imperial Japanese Navy fleet anchorage. The near miss to port amidships disabled her only usable turbine and caused gradual flooding, which the crew could not control, and the Fumizuki sank on 18 February with 29 crewmen killed. She lies mostly upright with a slight lean to port in 120 feet of seawater.

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