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Inazuma

Class	Akatsuki class
Type	Destroyer (DD)
Fate	Sunk. In Abe's screen on 13 November 1942, and not sunk that night. USS Bonefish sank her in the Celebes Sea on 14 May 1944.
Armament (class)	Special Type, group III. Three twin mounts and two funnels.
Command	Aruga, Kosaku Captain from 1 November 1934; Relieved on 15 October 1935 Katsumi, Motoi Captain from 20 February 1939 Takeuchi, Hajime Captain from 15 September 1941 Terauchi, Masamichi Captain from 6 November 1942 Tokiwa, Teizo Captain from 20 November 1943; In command when she was lost, 14 May 1944

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

Inazuma was an Akatsuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Kosaku Aruga served as her captain from 1 November 1934 until he was relieved on 15 October 1935.

Motoi Katsumi took command on 20 February 1939. Hajime Takeuchi became captain on 15 September 1941.

While Takeuchi was captain, Inazuma served in the Aleutian Islands from 3 June 1942. On 6 July she took off Nenohi's survivors.

Masamichi Terauchi became captain on 6 November 1942. On 13 November he had her in Abe's screen for the night action of the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, with Akatsuki and Ikazuchi. She came through that night still afloat. Teizo Tokiwa took command on 20 November 1943. Tokiwa was still in command on 14 May 1944, when USS Bonefish sank Inazuma in the Celebes Sea.

The pictures on this page are the originals.