Japanese destroyer Arare (1937)
Service
- as Arare15 April 1939 — 31 July 19421,061 days of the war
- Name
- Arare
- Pennant / hull number
- 1937
- Builder
- Maizuru Naval Arsenal
- Ordered
- 1934
- Laid down
- 5 March 1937
- Launched
- 16 November 1937
- Commissioned
- 15 April 1939
- Struck
- 31 July 1942
- Fate
- Torpedoed and sunk, 5 July 1942
By torpedo (1942) - Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 2,370 long tons (2,408 t)
- Length
- 118.3 m (388.1 ft) OA
- Beam
- 10.3 m (33.8 ft)
- Draught
- 3.7 m (12.1 ft)
- Speed
- 34.9 knots (64.5 km/h, 40.1 mph)
- Range
- 5,700 nmi (10,556 km)
- Complement
- 230
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
Arare was a Asashio-class destroyer in service with the Imperial Japanese Navy. She carried the pennant number 1937. Her keel was laid at Maizuru Naval Arsenal on 5 March 1937. Launched on 16 November 1937, she entered service on 15 April 1939.
Her class ran to ten ships. The class followed the Shiratsuyu-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Kagerō-class destroyer.
She displaced 2,370 long tons. She measured 118.3 m (388 ft) long with a beam of 10.3 m (34 ft). Her designed speed was 34.9 knots, and she carried a complement of 230.
Her main battery was six 127 mm (5 in) guns.
She was in commission for 1,061 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 31 July 1942.
She was sunk on 5 July 1942 by torpedo, at 52°00′N 177°40′E. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2-shaft geared turbine, 3 boilers, 51000 shp
- Armament
- 6 × 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 DP guns
- up to 28 × Type 96 AA guns
- up to 4 × Type 93 AA guns
- 8 × 24 in torpedo tubes
- 36 depth charges
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese destroyer Arare (1937) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — Maru Special — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons