Japanese destroyer Murasame

Four Japanese destroyers have born the name Murasame (村雨^?, "Passing Shower").^[1]

• Murasame (1903) was a Harusame-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy, launched in 1902 and decommissioned in 1923.

• Murasame (1937) was a Shiratsuyu-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy, launched in 1937 and sunk 1943 in the Battle of Blackett Strait.

• Murasame (1958) was the lead ship of her class of destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, launched in 1958 and deleted in 1988.

• Murasame (DD-101) is the lead ship of her class of destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, launched in 1994 and as of 2006^[update] still active in service.

Reference

• Jentsura, Hansgeorg (1976). Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869–1945. US Naval Institute Press. ISBN 087021893X. 
• Nelson, Andrew N. (1967). Japanese–English Character Dictionary. Tuttle. ISBN 0804804087.