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JMSDF - Destroyer DD-105 JS Inazuma |
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class: Destroyer, DD; Murasame class Builder: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki, Japan STATUS: Laid down: May 8, 1997 Launched: September 9, 1998 Commissioned: March 15, 2000 IN SERVICE Homeport: Kure, Hiroshima, Japan Namesake: いなづま / Inazuma = Sudden Lightning Technical Data: see INFO > Murasame class Destroyer |
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JS Inazuma (DD-105): Inazuma was laid down on May 8, 1997 by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries at Nagasaki as part of the 1995 plan and launched on September 9, 1998. Commissioned on March 15, 2000, the destroyer was incorporated into the 4th Escort Corps and deployed to Kure. From August 26 to October 30, 2018, Inazuma participated in the Indo-Pacific dispatch training with the escort vessels JS Kaga and JS Suzutsuki, and visited India, Indonesia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka, and the Philippines. On September 13, she joined the submarine JS Kuroshio in the South China Sea and conducted anti-submarine warfare training. On September 26, a joint training between Japan and the United Kingdom was conducted with HMS Argyll heading for the South China Sea with Kaga in the sea and airspace west of Sumatra. On May 21, 2019, she departed for the "Reiwa first year pelagic practice voyage" with the training ship JS Kashima. The vessels visited 13 ports in 11 countries in 157 days with about 580 people, including about 190 people who completed the 69th General Executive Candidate Course (including 1 Ensign of the Royal Thai Navy), in Yokosuka on October 24. |
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