She was converted into a patrol boat in 1940 and was surrendered to the Netherlands in July 1946 at Surabaya; she was finally scrapped on August 10, 1946.

The Momi class was designed with higher speed and better seakeeping than the preceding Enoki-class second-class destroyers.

[3] The turbines were designed to produce 21,500 shaft horsepower (16,000 kW) to give the ships a speed of 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph).

The ships carried a maximum of 275 long tons (279 t) of fuel oil which gave them a range of 3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph).

[5][6] Fuji, built at the Fujinagata Shipyards in Osaka, was laid down on December 6, 1919, launched on November 27, 1920, and completed on May 31, 1921.