desc=Yayoi under attackWorld War II: The Mutsuki was bombed and sunk 8 nautical miles northwest of Vakuta Island in the Solomon Sea (coord) by Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and North American B-25 Mitchell aircraft of the United States Army Air Forces and Lockheed Hudson aircraft of the Royal Australian Air Force; 68 crewmen were killed and 83 survivors were rescued by the destroyers Ship Japanese destroyer Isokaze 1939 2 and Ship Japanese destroyer Mochizuki 1927 2 (both Empire of Japan) from Normanby Island on 26 September.