Maizuru Naval Arsenal
"Kikuzuki", built at the Maizuru Naval Arsenal, was laid down on 15 June 1925, launched on 15 May 1926 and completed on 20 November 1926. Originally commissioned simply as "Destroyer No. 31", the ship was assigned the name "Kikuzuki" on 1 August 1928. In the late 1930s, she participated in combat during the Second Sino-Japanese War, covering the landings of Japanese troops in central and southern China, and the invasion of French Indochina.