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Inazuma

IJN Inazuma

Sunk

Imperial Japanese Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassAkatsuki
WarSecond World War
Main guns6 × 5″ guns in 3 twin mounts

Fought on both nights of the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.

Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Inazuma, the second Japanese warship to bear that name. Photo: Shizuo Fukui, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 6 × Type 3 127 mm 50 caliber naval guns (3×2)
  • up to 22 × Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Guns
  • up to 10 × 13 mm AA guns
  • 9 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes
  • 36 × depth charges
BuilderFujinagata Shipyards
Laid down7 March 1930
Launched25 February 1932
Commissioned15 November 1932
Displacement1,750 long tons (1,780 t) standard 2,050 long tons (2,080 t) re-built
Length111.96 m (367.3 ft) pp 115.3 m (378 ft) waterline 118.41 m (388.5 ft) overall
Speed38 knots (44 mph; 70 km/h)
Complement219

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

25 February 1932

Second Battle of the Java Sea
Survived

1 March 1942

Naval Battle of Guadalcanal: first night
Survived

13 November 1942

Naval Battle of Guadalcanal: second night
Survived

14–15 November 1942

Fate

Sunk

Torpedoed and sunk on 14 May 1944