Dekabrist ( Ex IJN Hibiki )
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Hibiki
was a Fubuki class destroyer laid down in 1930 and
launched in 1932 for the Imperial Japanese navy. Under
second world war she participated as an escort in the
invasion of Malaya and the Philippines in 1942, and in the
operations against the Aleutian islands later the same
year. In 1943 she did service as an escort for both
aircraft carriers and several tanker convoys. She was
damaged in battle twice by American airplanes during the
war. In 1947 the destroyer was given to the USSR as spoils
of war and was renamed ti Verniy, and then to Dekabrist
the following year. In 1962 the destroyer was used as a
target for the Soviet navy or air force ( the sources vary
in this detail ) and sunk in the bay of Peter the great at
Karamzin island outside Vladivostok. The wreck rest today
on a depth of 22 to 26 meter.
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 Picture: IJN Fubuki Courtesy of Wikipedia |
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