Japanese destroyer Shiranuhi
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| Launched: | 28 June 1938 |
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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 ().
Commanding Officers
Cmdr. Kanji Nakamura - 20 December 1939 - 15 October 1940
Cmdr. Shizuo Akazawa - 15 October 1940 - 10 September 1942
Cmdr. Koushichi Sugioka - 10 September 1942 - 5 February 1943
Lt. Cmdr. / Cmdr. Hiroo Yamana - 5 February 1943 - 20 May 1943 (Promoted to Commander on 1 May 1943.)
Cmdr. Toyoji Hitomi - 20 May 1943 - 10 September 1943
Cmdr. Hinoe Tomoshige - 10 September 1943 - 5 October 1943
Cmdr. Masatoshi Yasunami - 5 October 1943 - 1 November 1943
Lt. Cmdr. / Capt.* Teisaburo Ara - 1 November 1943 - 27 October 1944 (KIA; posthumous 2-rank promotion to Captain.)
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