Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Shiranui was a Kagero-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. On 26 October 1944, after the Battle of Surigao Strait, Shiranuhi was sent to search for missing ships Kinu and Uranami, and then to assist Hayashimo. On 27 October she was sunk by aircraft of United States Navy Task Force 77, 80 miles (150 km) north of Iloilo, Panay.