Japanese destroyer Inazuma

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Struck: 10 June 1944
General characteristics
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 (05°08′N, 119°38′E).

Commanding Officers

Chief Equipping Officer - Cmdr. Shiro Hiratsuka - 1 March 1932-15 November 1932

Cmdr. Shiro Hiratsuka - 15 November 1932-1 November 1934

Lt. Cmdr. Kōsaku Aruga - 1 November 1934-15 October 1935

Cmdr. Shiro Shibuya - 15 October 1935-1 December 1936

Lt. Cmdr. Yusuke Yamada - 1 December 1936-1 December 1937

Cmdr. Yoshito Miyasaka - 1 December 1937-1 November 1938

Lt. Cmdr. Bunji Furukawa - 1 November 1938-25 January 1939 (promoted to Commander 15 November 1938)

Lt. Cmdr. Motoi Katsumi - 25 January 1939-15 October 1940

Lt. Cmdr. Hajime Takeuchi - 15 October 1940-6 November 1942 (promoted to Commander 1 November 1942)

Lt. Cmdr. Masamichi Terauchi - 6 November 1942-20 November 1943

Lt. Cmdr. Teizo Tokiwa - 20 November 1943-14 May 1944 (killed in action)


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