Yamashita Hobby NV04U 1/700 IJN Destroyer Inazuma 電 (1944) / Hibiki 響 (1945) [Revised Edition]

日本海軍特型駆逐艦III型 電 (1944)

World War Two
Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN)
4th Akatsuki-class destroyers (Total 4) / 24th Fubuki-class destroyers (Total 24)
Commissioned: 15 November 1932
Battle of Hong Kong [8~25 Dec 1941] - Inazuma provided cover for landing operations, assisting the cruiser Isuzu in sinking British gunboats HMS Cicala & HMS Robin
Battle of Manado [11~12 Jan 1942] - Japanese offensive to capture the Dutch East Indies
Second Battle of the Java Sea [1 Mar 1942] - Inazuma assisted in the sinking of British destroyer HMS Encounter & cruiser HMS Exeter (Inazuma rescued survivors from HMS Exeter & destroyer USS Pope)
[Apr 1942] - repairs at Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
Aleutian Islands campaign [3 Jun 1942 ~ 15 Aug 1943]
Naval Battle of Guadalcanal [12~15 Nov 1942] - Inazuma assisted in sinking American destroyers USS Benham, USS Walke & USS Preston and damaging USS Gwin
[mid-Jan 1943] - retrofit at Kure
[14 May 1944] - Inazuma was torpedoed and sunk by USS Bonefish. Survivors were rescued by sister ship Hibiki (響)

日本海軍特型駆逐艦III型響

World War Two
Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN)
2nd Akatsuki-class destroyers (Total 4) / 22nd Fubuki-class destroyers (Total 24)
Commissioned: 31 March 1933

Operations:

Battle of Malaya
Battle of the Philippines (1941–42)
Aleutian campaign
on 14 May 1944, Hibiki rescued the 125 survivors of her torpedoed sister ship Inazuma (電)
Battle of the Philippine Sea [19~20 Jun 1944]
Aug 1944, Hibiki was torpedoed by submarine USS Hake --> repair at Yokosuka
1945 - Hibiki retained in Japanese home waters

Hibiki was turned over to the Soviet Union on 5 April 1947 as a prize of war, And was sunk in 1970s as target-practice.