page_title: Japanese destroyer Minazuki (1926)
hierarchical_section_title: Japanese destroyer Minazuki (1926)
caption_attribution_description: English: Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Minazuki, the second Japanese warship to bear that name.
context_page_description: Minazuki was one of twelve Mutsuki-class destroyers, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy during the 1920s. During the Pacific War, she participated in the Philippines Campaign in December 1941 and the Dutch East Indies Campaign in early 1942. In March, she was assigned to convoy escort duties in and around Malaya and the Dutch East Indies until she was transferred to Rabaul in early 1943 to ferry troops around New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
context_section_description: Minazuki (水無月, "June") was one of twelve Mutsuki-class destroyers, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the 1920s. During the Pacific War, she participated in the Philippines Campaign in December 1941 and the Dutch East Indies Campaign in early 1942. In March, she was assigned to convoy escort duties in and around Malaya and the Dutch East Indies until she was transferred to Rabaul in early 1943 to ferry troops around New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
caption: Minazuki in February 1927
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