Japanese destroyer Ikazuchi (1931)
Ikazuchi underway on 11 April 1936 | |
| History | |
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| Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Ikazuchi |
| Namesake | 雷 ("Thunder") |
| Ordered | 1923 Fiscal Year |
| Builder | Uraga Dock Company |
| Laid down | 7 March 1930 |
| Launched | 22 October 1931 |
| Commissioned | 15 August 1932 |
| Stricken | 10 June 1944 |
| Fate | Torpedoed and sunk on 13 April 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Fubuki-class destroyer |
| Displacement | |
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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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Ikazuchi (雷, "Thunder") was the twenty-third Fubuki-class destroyer, or the third Akatsuki class (if that sub-class is regarded as a separate class), built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the inter-war period.
Ikazuchi, built at the Uraga Dock Company, was the third of the “Type III” improved series of Fubuki destroyers, incorporating a modified gun turret which could elevate her main battery of Type 3 127 mm 50 caliber naval guns to 75° as opposed to the original 40°, thus permitting the guns to be used as dual purpose guns against aircraft. Ikazuchi was laid down on 7 March 1930, launched on 22 October 1931 and commissioned on 15 August 1932.