Japanese destroyer Arashio
Arashio on 21 December 1937 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Empire of Japan | |
| Name | Arashio |
| Ordered | 1934 Maru-2 Program |
| Builder | Kawasaki Shipyards |
| Laid down | 1 October 1935 |
| Launched | 26 May 1937 |
| Commissioned | 30 December 1937 |
| Stricken | 1 April 1943 |
| Fate | Sunk in Battle of the Bismarck Sea, 4 March 1943 |
| 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, 50,000 shp (37,285 kW) |
| Speed | 35 knots (40 mph; 65 km/h) |
| Range | |
| Complement | 200 |
| Armament |
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Arashio (荒潮, Stormy Tide) was the fourth of ten Asashio-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the mid-1930s under the Circle Two Supplementary Naval Expansion Program (Maru Ni Keikaku).