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{{Infobox ship image| Ship image= | Ship caption=Irō on fire during Operation Desecrate One
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country= | Japan|naval}} | Ship name= Irō | Ship ordered= | Ship awarded= | Ship builder=Osaka Iron Works, Sakurajima | Ship original cost= | Ship yard number= | Ship way number= | Ship laid down=2 September 1921 | Ship launched=5 August 1922 | Ship sponsor= | Ship christened= | Ship completed= 30 October 1922 | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned= | Ship decommissioned= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship renamed= | Ship reclassified= | Ship refit= | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship homeport= | Ship identification= | Ship motto= | Ship nickname= | Ship honours= | Ship fate= Damaged by air raid, 31 March 1944. Sank, 17 April 1944. | Ship status= | Ship notes= | Ship badge=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship class= Notoro-class Replenishment oiler | Ship type= | Ship tonnage= | 15400|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} | 138.68|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} p/p | 17.68|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} | Ship height= | 8.08|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship draft= | Ship propulsion=*1 × triple expansion reciprocating engine- 4 × Kampon water tube boilers
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| Ship power= | 12|kn|lk=in}} | Ship range= | Ship boats= | Ship troops= | Ship complement=157 | Ship capacity=8,000 tons of oil | Ship crew= | Ship EW= | 120|mm|in|abbr=on}} L/45 naval guns- 2 × {{convert|76.2|mm|in|abbr=on}} L/40 AA guns
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}} | {{nihongo|Irō|石廊}} was a fleet oiler for the Imperial Japanese Navy. A member of the Notoro-class of oilers, the ship was launched on August 5, 1922 and served Japan during the Pacific Campaign of World War II. On March 31, 1944 the ship was attacked and sunk in Palau Harbor by United States Navy aircraft carrier aircraft from the Fast Carrier Task Force during Operation Desecrate One.In March 2015 a PRC flag was discovered tied to the wreckage.[1] The flag was subsequently removed and president of Palau Tommy Remengesau stated that he was "extremely disappointed".[2] References1. ^Ryall, Julian and Gan, Nectar Tensions over second world war aggravated after Chinese flag appears tied to Japanese shipwreck off Palau March 23, 2015 South China Morning Post Retrieved October 4, 2015
2. ^Chinese flag found at underwater wreckage of Japanese war ship March 24, 2015 RocketNews24 Retrieved October 4, 2015
External links- {{cite web|url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Iro_t.htm|title=IJN Iro: Tabular Record of Movement|last=Hackett|first=Bob |author2=Peter Cundall|year=2003|work=Yusosen!|publisher=Combinedfleet.com|accessdate=10 May 2009}}
- {{cite web|url=http://www.combinedfleet.com/Shiretoko_c.htm|title=Shiretoko Class|last=Hackett|first=Bob |author2=Peter Cundall|year=2003|work=Yusosen!|publisher=Combinedfleet.com|accessdate=10 May 2009}}
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