Asashio-class destroyer
Asashio underway in July 1937. | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Asashio class |
| Builders | |
| Operators | Imperial Japanese Navy |
| Preceded by | Shiratsuyu class |
| Succeeded by | Kagerō class |
| Built | 1937–1939 |
| In commission | 1939–1945 |
| Completed | 10 |
| Lost | 10 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Displacement | 2,370 long tons (2,408 t) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 10.3 m (33 ft 10 in) |
| Draft | 3.7 m (12 ft 2 in) |
| Propulsion | 2-shaft geared turbine, 3 boilers, 50,000 shp (37,285 kW) |
| Speed | 35 knots (40 mph; 65 km/h) |
| Range | |
| Complement | 200 |
| Armament |
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The Asashio-class destroyers (朝潮型駆逐艦, Asashio-gata kuchikukan) were a class of ten destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy in service before and during World War II. The overall layout of the class proved successful in service and created a powerful ship that served as the basis for the design of the following two classes of destroyers.