Inazuma underway on 24 March 1936.
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History | |
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Empire of Japan | |
Name | Inazuma |
Namesake | 電 ("Lightning") [1] |
Ordered | 1923 Fiscal Year |
Builder | Fujinagata Shipyards |
Laid down | 7 March 1930 |
Launched | 25 February 1932 |
Commissioned | 15 November 1932 |
Stricken | 10 June 1944 |
Fate | Torpedoed and sunk on 14 May 1944 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Fubuki-class destroyer |
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Length |
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Beam | 10.4 m (34 ft 1 in) |
Draft | 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in) |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 38 knots (44 mph; 70 km/h) |
Range | 5,000 nmi (9,300 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h) |
Complement | 219 |
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Service record | |
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Inazuma (電, "Lightning") [2] was the twenty-fourth (and last) Fubuki-class destroyers, or the fourth (and last) of the Akatsuki class (if that sub-class is considered independently), built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the inter-war period. When introduced into service, these ships were the most powerful destroyers in the world.[3] They remained formidable weapons systems well into the Pacific War.