Japanese destroyer Arashio

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Japanese destroyer Arashio was an Imperial Japanese Navy Asashio-class destroyer that served actively in World War II, participating in numerous Pacific naval engagements before being sunk in 1943.

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instanceOf Asashio-class destroyer
Imperial Japanese Navy ship
destroyer
warship
armament 127 mm naval guns
610 mm torpedo tubes
Type 93 torpedoes
anti-aircraft guns
depth charges
battle Battle of the Bismarck Sea NERFINISHED
beam 10.3 meters (approximate)
builder Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation NERFINISHED
Kobe shipyard NERFINISHED
causeOfSinking U.S. aircraft
air attack
class Asashio class NERFINISHED
classPosition unit of the Asashio-class destroyers
commissioned 1937-11-20
conflict World War II
country Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan
crew about 200 officers and men
designPurpose ocean-going destroyer for fleet operations
displacement 2000 tons (standard, approximate)
era World War II era
fate sunk in action
laidDown 1935-11-01
launched 1937-05-26
length 118 meters (approximate)
maximumSpeed 35 knots (approximate)
namedAfter stormy tide (Arashio) in Japanese
navalEnsign Naval Ensign of the Empire of Japan NERFINISHED
navalFleet Imperial Japanese Navy NERFINISHED
operator Imperial Japanese Navy
participatedIn Battle of the Java Sea NERFINISHED
Solomon Islands campaign NERFINISHED
Tokyo Express operations NERFINISHED
invasion of the Dutch East Indies
invasion of the Philippines (1941) NERFINISHED
placeOfSinking Bismarck Sea NERFINISHED
propulsion oil-fired boilers
steam turbines
role convoy escort
escort ship
fleet destroyer
serviceEndYear 1943
serviceStartYear 1937
sunk 1943-03-05
theater Pacific War

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Battle of the Badung Strait involvedUnit Japanese destroyer Arashio