Japanese destroyer Arare
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Career | |
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Ordered: | |
Laid down: | 5 March 1937 |
Launched: | |
Commissioned: | 15 April 1939 |
Decommissioned: | |
Fate: | Sunk in action, 5 July 1942 |
Struck: | 31 July 1942 |
General Characteristics | |
Displacement: | 2,370 tons |
Length: | 388 ft (118.3 m) |
Beam: | 33 ft 11 in (10.3 m) |
Draft: | 12 ft 1 in (3.7 m) |
Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
Complement: | 200 |
Armament: | 6 × 5 in (127 mm) / 50 cal DP guns, up to 28 × 25 mm AA guns, up to 4 × 13 mm AA guns, 8 × 610 mm torpedo tubes, 36 depth charges |
Arare (霰) was a Asashio-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "Hail".
On 5 July 1942, Arare and two other destroyers were torpedoed by USS Growler (SS-215) seven miles east of Kiska Harbor ( ). Struck amidships, Arare blew up and sank. 42 survivors were rescued by boats from crippled Shiranuhi.
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Asashio-class destroyer |
Asashio | Oshio | Michishio | Arashio | Natsugumo | Yamagumo | Minegumo | Asagumo | Arare | Kasumi |
List of ships of the Japanese Navy |