Japanese destroyer Asashimo
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Completed: | 27 November 1943 |
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Fate: | Sunk in action, 7 April 1945 |
Struck: | 10 May 1945 |
General Characteristics | |
Displacement: | 2,520 tons |
Length: | 390 ft 11 in (119.3 m) |
Beam: | 35 ft 5 in (10.0 m) |
Draft: | 12 ft 4 in (3.0 m) |
Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
Complement: | 228 |
Armament: | 6 × 5 in (127 mm) / 50
caliber DP guns, |
Asashimo (朝霜? "Morning Frost") was a Yugumo-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
On 6 April 1945, Asashimo escorted the battleship Yamato from the Inland Sea on attack mission towards Okinawa. She was sunk on 7 April by aircraft of Task Force 58, after falling astern of the Yamato task force due to engine troubles, 150 miles (275 km) southwest of Nagasaki ( ).
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Yugumo-class destroyer |
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