Japanese destroyer Niizuki

Sister ship Fuyutsuki, 23 May 1944
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Niizuki
Builder	Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard
Laid down	8 December 1941
Launched	29 June 1942
Completed	31 March 1943
Commissioned	31 March 1943
Stricken	10 September 1943
Fate	Sunk, Battle of Kula Gulf, 6 July 1943
General characteristics
Class and type	Akizuki-class destroyer
Displacement	2,701 long tons (2,744 t) (standard)
Length	134.2 m (440 ft 3 in)
Beam	11.6 m (38 ft 1 in)
Draft	4.15 m (13 ft 7 in)
Installed power	3 × water-tube boilers 52,000 shp (38,776 kW)
Propulsion	2 × shafts; 2 × geared steam turbines
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range	8,300 nmi (15,400 km; 9,600 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	300
Sensors and processing systems	Type 21 early-warning radar
Armament	4 × twin 100 mm (3.9 in) DP guns 4 × triple 25 mm (1 in) AA guns 1 × quadruple 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes 2 × depth charge throwers; 54 × depth charges

Niizuki (新月, "New Moon") was an Akizuki-class destroyer built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. Completed in early 1943, she was sunk later three months later in the Battle of Kula Gulf.