Japanese destroyer Arare (1937)
Arare refueling from the Japanese battleship Kongō during the Indian Ocean raid, 7 April 1942 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Arare |
| Ordered | 1934 Maru-2 Program |
| Builder | Maizuru Naval Arsenal |
| Laid down | 5 March 1937 |
| Launched | 16 November 1937 |
| Commissioned | 15 April 1939 |
| Stricken | 31 July 1942 |
| Fate | Torpedoed and sunk by USS Growler, 5 July 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Asashio-class 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, 51,000 shp (38,031 kW) |
| Speed | 34.85 knots (40.10 mph; 64.54 km/h) |
| Range | |
| Complement | 230 |
| Armament |
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Arare (霰; "Hailstone") was the tenth and last of the Asashio-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the mid-1930s under the Circle Two Supplementary Naval Expansion Program (Maru Ni Keikaku).