Imperial Japanese Navy — Destroyer class
Asashio-class destroyer
Asashio class
The class in numbers
- 10 Completed
- 10 Lost
Design and service
- Type
- Destroyer
- Navy
- Imperial Japanese Navy
- Built
- 1937–1939
- In commission
- 1939–1945
- Preceded by
- Shiratsuyu-class destroyer
- Succeeded by
- Kagerō-class destroyer
- Builders
- Fujinagata Shipyards (3)
- Sasebo Naval Arsenal (2)
- Maizuru Naval Arsenal (2)
- Kawasaki Dockyard Co. (2)
- Uraga Dock Company (1)
Class specifications
Figures for the class as designed. Individual vessels varied, sometimes considerably — each vessel page carries its own configurations.
As built
- Displacement, standard
- 2,370 long tons (2,408 t)
- Length
- 118.3 m (388.1 ft) OA
- Speed
- 35 knots (64.8 km/h, 40.3 mph)
- Complement
- 200
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
- Armament
- 6 × Type 3 127 mm 50 caliber naval guns (3 × 2)
- up to 28 × Type 96 AA guns
- up to 4 × Type 93 AA guns
- 8 × 610 mm torpedo tubes (2 × 4)
- 16 × Type 93 torpedoes
- 36 × depth charges
Roster
| Vessel | Pennant | Commissioned | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese destroyer Arare (1937) | 1937 | 1939 | Sunk 1942 |
| Japanese destroyer Arashio | 1937 | Sunk 1943 | |
| Japanese destroyer Asagumo (1937) | 1937 | 1938 | Sunk 1944 |
| Japanese destroyer Asashio (1936) | 1936 | 1937 | Sunk 1943 |
| Japanese destroyer Kasumi (1937) | 1937 | 1939 | Sunk 1945 |
| Japanese destroyer Michishio | 1937 | Sunk 1944 | |
| Japanese destroyer Minegumo (1937) | 1937 | 1938 | Sunk 1943 |
| Japanese destroyer Natsugumo (1937) | 1937 | 1938 | Sunk 1942 |
| Japanese destroyer Ōshio | 1937 | Sunk 1943 | |
| Japanese destroyer Yamagumo (1937) | 1937 | 1938 | Sunk 1944 |
Sources
- Facts harvested from Asashio-class destroyer on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.