Japanese destroyer Ariake

Four Japanese destroyers have been named Ariake (有明 / ありあけ, ”dawn” or "daybreak")::

• Japanese destroyer Ariake (1904), a Harusame-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the Russo-Japanese War
• Japanese destroyer Ariake (1934), a Hatsuharu-class destroyer of the IJN during World War II
• JDS Ariake (DD-183), a destroyer of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), formerly USS Heywood L. Edwards (DD-663)
• JDS Ariake (DD-109), a Murasame-class destroyer (1994) of the JMSDF in 2000

See also

• Ariake
• Japanese destroyer Akatsuki
• Japanese destroyer Akebono
• Japanese destroyer Shinonome