Chuuk Lagoon · Micronesia · Wreck
Fumizuki
Bow and stern guns on a sunken Japanese destroyer
Photo: Motoki Kurabayashi · CC BY-SA 4.0
Fumizuki is a Mutsuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy, launched in 1926 and sunk in Chuuk Lagoon in 1944. The wreck still carries its bow and stern guns and a torpedo launcher, the reason divers visit it.
Also known as Fumitsuki, Fumitzuki, Fumitzuki Destroyer, Fumitsuki Maru.
Where it is and how deep
7.4000° N, 151.7330° EApproximate position — the dashed circle shows where the site lies; your operator's briefing has the mooring.
The dive
Dives on the 98 m (320 ft) destroyer stay between 24 and 37 m (80 and 120 ft). Its armament is the point of the dive: guns at the bow and at the stern and, between them, a torpedo launcher.
The wreck
- Vessel
- Fumizuki
- Type
- Mutsuki-class destroyer
- Length
- 98 m (322 ft)
- Built
- 1926
- Sunk
- 1944
- Cause
- A near-miss bomb from a TBF Avenger during Operation Hailstone; she flooded and sank
- Lies
- On the lagoon floor, hull between 24 and 37 m
Fumizuki was laid down at the Fujinagata Shipyards in Osaka on 20 October 1924, launched on 16 February 1926 and completed on 3 July 1926. At Truk on 17 February 1944, during Operation Hailstone, a Grumman TBF Avenger's bomb landed close enough to disable her turbine, and she flooded and sank on 18 February 1944.
Marine life and season
The sources we used don't single out particular species here.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prime | Prime | Prime | Good | Good | Fair | Fair | Fair | Fair | Good | Good | Prime |
Season follows Chuuk Lagoon: December to April is the dry season, driest from January to March; June to September brings the heaviest rain.
Photos from Fumizuki
Motoki Kurabayashi · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dive videos
Japanese Destroyer FUMIZUKI トラック環礁に眠る旧帝国海軍駆逐艦文月に潜る【Truk Lagoon Chuuk Wreck Diving チューク 沈船ダイビング】 · Chuuk Dive TREASURES on YouTube
Sources
- Japanese destroyer Fumizuki (1926) — Wikipedia
- Commonly Visited Truk Dive Sites — Truk Odyssey
- Fumitsuki — Dive3D.eu
- Wrecks — Truk Stop Hotel
Photo credits
- Three divers with rising bubbles swim over a coral-covered wreck lying on the bottom in blue water. by Motoki Kurabayashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- A wreck deck with fittings and growth slopes away under bright blue water, with sunlight above. by Motoki Kurabayashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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