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Yomiuri Shimbun file photo The MSDF destroyer Inazuma is seen in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture in 2016.
The Yomiuri Shimbun
15:48 JST, January 10, 2023
The Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Inazuma became unable to navigate Tuesday after possibly striking a rock.
“There was a loud sound of an impact,” the destroyer said in a radio call made to the 6th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters at about 12:30 p.m. “The vessel is unable to navigate under its own power.”
The Inazuma was in the Seto Inland Sea off the southern coast of Suo-Oshima when the incident occurred.
According to the Coast Guard, no one was injured and the vessel was not flooded but was leaking oil.
