[1][2] Nagatsuki was laid down on March 2, 1968, at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works as No.

Launched on March 19, 1970, commissioned on February 12, 1970, she was incorporated into the 3rd Escort Group as a ship under direct control and deployed to Maizuru, which remained her homeport throughout her career.

Nagatsuki was decommissioned on April 1, 1996, and a year later, on August 3, 1997, she was sunk as a target ship north of Wakasa Bay by bombardment by Hiei, Takatsuki, and Natsushio.

That Nagatsuki was dismantled after the war, but her bells were kept by the locals at that time, and then the ones brought back to Japan were handed over to the Maritime Self-Defense Force by the efforts of the then general manager of the Kure district, Tatsuo Chikudo, in November 1970.

[year needed][4] After the ship's retirement, both the Nagatsuki's bell are both preserved at the Maizuru Navy Memorial Hall.