Operation Hailstone
While at Truk on 17 February 1944, "Fumizuki" received a near miss bomb from a Grumman TBF Avengers 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 "Fumizuki" sank on 18 February at , with 29 crewmen killed. "Fumizuki" was struck from the Navy List on 31 March 1944.