Today is #WarshipWednesday! #IJN Inazuma #電 was the last of 24 Fubuki-class destroyers built during the #inter-war period, and the last of four built at the #Fujinagata Shipyard in #Osaka. Laid down in March 1930, she was sunk on this day 14 May 1944 by #USSBonefish. 1/3
#OTD April 19 1940, IJN #Urakaze #浦風 was launched at #Fujinagata shipyard, #Osaka. She escorted the #KidoButai at Pearl Harbor, Midway, and Guadalcanal. Urakaze was part of Kurita's Center Force at Leyte Gulf, then torpedoed and sunk by USS Sealion one month later in the Taiwan Strait. 1/2
It's #WarshipWednesday and today we're remembering IJN Yamagumo #山雲, commissioned #OTD Janaury 15th 1938 at #Fujinagata Shipyard in #Osaka. The IJN did not technically classify their destroyers as warships, but we're going to blur the line here today for the sake of some ship's history. 1/5
