Japanese destroyer Shiranuhi
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| Fate: | Sunk in action, 27 October 1944 |
| Struck: | 10 December 1944 |
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| Displacement: | 2,490 tons |
| Length: | 388 ft 9 in (118.5 m) |
| Beam: | 35 ft 5 in (10.8 m) |
| Draft: | 12 ft 4 in (3.8 m) |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Complement: | 240 |
| Armament: | 6 × 5 in (127 mm) / 50 caliber DP guns, up to 28 × 25 mm AA guns, up to 4 × 13 mm AA guns, 8 × 24 in torpedo tubes, 36 depth charges |
Shiranuhi (不知火? "Phosphorescent Foam") was a Kagero-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
On 26 October 1944, after the Battle of Surigao Strait, Shiranuhi was sent to search for missing ships Kinu and Uranami, and then to assist Hayashimo. On 27 October she was sunk by aircraft of United States Navy Task Force 77, 80 miles (150 km) north of Iloilo, Panay ().
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| Kagero-class destroyer |
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Kagero | Kuroshio | Oyashio | Hatsukaze | Natsushio | Yukikaze | Hayashio | Maikaze | Isokaze | Shiranuhi | Amatsukaze | Tokitsukaze | Urakaze | Hamakaze | Nowaki | Arashi | Hagikaze | Tanikaze | Akigumo |
| List of ships of the Japanese Navy |
