Japanese destroyer Arashi

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Career Japanese Navy Ensign
Ordered:
Laid down:
Launched: 22 April 1940
Commissioned: October 1940
Fate: Sunk in action,
7 August 1943
Struck: 15 October 1943
General characteristics
Displacement: 2,490 tons
Length: 388 ft 9 in (118.5 meters
Beam: 35 ft 5 in (10.8 m)
Draft: 12 ft 4 in (3.8 m)
Speed: 35 knots (65 km/h)
Complement: 240
Armament: 6 × 5 in (127 mm) / 50 caliber DP guns,
up to 28 × 25 mm AA guns,
up to 4 × 13 mm AA guns,
8 × 24 in torpedo tubes,
36 depth charges

Arashi (嵐? "Storm") was a Kagero-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

On 3 March 1942 Arashi helped sink the USS Gunboat USS Asheville (PG-21).
On 7 August 1943, Arashi was sunk between Kolombangara and Vella Lavella (07°50′S, 156°55′E) during the Battle of Vella Gulf.

Commanding Officers

Chief Equipping Officer - Cmdr. Yasumasa Watanabe - 16 September 1940 - 25 November 1940

Cmdr. Yasumasa Watanabe - 25 November 1940 - 15 November 1942

Cmdr. Koushichi Sugioka - 15 November 1942 - 7 August 1943 (KIA)


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