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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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Asashio-class destroyer
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Imperial Japanese Navy ship ⓘ destroyer ⓘ warship ⓘ |
| armament |
127 mm naval guns
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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
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Kobe shipyard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfSinking |
U.S. aircraft
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air attack ⓘ |
| class | Asashio class NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| classPosition | unit of the Asashio-class destroyers ⓘ |
| commissioned | 1937-11-20 ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| country |
Japan
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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
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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
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steam turbines ⓘ |
| role |
convoy escort
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escort ship ⓘ fleet destroyer ⓘ |
| serviceEndYear | 1943 ⓘ |
| serviceStartYear | 1937 ⓘ |
| sunk | 1943-03-05 ⓘ |
| theater | Pacific War ⓘ |
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