Japanese destroyer Inazuma
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| Struck: | 10 June 1944 |
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| Displacement: | 1,980 tons |
| Length: | 371 ft 8 in (113.3 meters |
| Beam: | 34 ft (10.4 m) |
| Draft: | 10 ft 9 in (3.3 m) |
| Speed: | 38 knots (65 km/h) |
| Complement: | 197 |
| Armament: | 6 × 5 in (127 mm) / 50 cal DP guns, up to 28 × 25 mm AA guns, up to 10 × 13 mm AA guns, 9 × 24 in torpedo tubes, 36 depth charges |
The Inazuma was a Akatsuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
On 14 May 1944, while escorting a tanker convoy from Manila to Balikpapan, Inazuma was torpedoed and sunk by USS Bonefish (SS-223) in the Celebes Sea near Tawitawi ().
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| Akatsuki-class destroyer |
| List of ships of the Japanese Navy |
