File:Wreck of Japanese destroyer Kikuzuki 02 in 1944.jpg

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Description The Japanese destroyer Kikuzuki (1926-1942) beached in Purvis Bay, Florida Island, Solomon Islands, in 1944. She had been sunk on 4 May 1942, when USS Yorktown (CV-5) planes raided the Tulagi area, and was salvaged by the U.S. Navy in 1943. The number "23" on her bow represents the 23rd Destroyer Division, to which Kikuzuki belonged when she was sunk.
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Source Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-K-6108 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
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