Japanese destroyer Arashio
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 The Arashio |
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| Commissioned: | 20 December 1937 |
| Fate: | Sunk in action, 4 March 1943 |
| Struck: | 1 April 1943 |
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| 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 × 24 in torpedo tubes, 36 depth charges |
Arashio (荒潮) was a Asashio-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "Rough Sea Flood" (Tide).
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[edit] Service history
On 3 March 1943, Arashio escorted a troop convoy from Rabaul towards Lae. In the Battle of the Bismarck Sea, the convoy was hit by devastating Allied air attacks. Arashio, after being hit early by three bombs, went out of control and rammed Nojima. Yukikaze later rescued 176 survivors, and the abandoned hulk was sunk 4 March by Allied aircraft, 55 miles (100 km) southeast of Finschhafen, New Guinea ().
[edit] Commanding Officers
Chief Equipping Officer - Cmdr. Kazuhito Yamakuma - 15 July 1937 - 30 December 1937
Cmdr. Kazuhito Yamakuma - 30 December 1937 - 13 January 1938
Lt. Cmdr. Kiichiro Wakida - 13 January 1938 - 25 September 1939
Cmdr. Masayoshi Yoshida - 25 September 1939 - 20 September 1941 (Promoted from Lt Commander on 15 November 1940.)
Cmdr. Hideo Kuboki - 25 September 1941 - 4 March 1943 (KIA)
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