Asashio
Class overview
Built:	1937–1939
In commission:	1939–1945
Completed:	10
Lost:	10
General characteristics
Type:	Destroyer
Displacement:	2,370 long tons (2,408 t)
Length:	118.3 m (388 ft 1 in)
Beam:	10.3 m (33 ft 10 in)
Draft:	3.7 m (12 ft 2 in)
Propulsion:	2-shaft geared turbine, 3 boilers, 50,000 shp (37,285 kW)
Speed:	35 knots (40 mph/65 km/h)
Range:	5,700 nmi (10,600 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h) 960 nmi (1,780 km) at 34 kn (63 km/h)
Complement:	200
Armament:	• 6 × 5 in (130 mm)/50 caliber DP guns • up to 28 × 25 mm AA guns • up to 4 × 13 mm AA guns • 8 × 24 in (610 mm) torpedo tubes • 36 depth charges

The Asashio class destroyers were a class of Imperial Japanese Navy destroyers. They were all built from 1937 to 1939, after Japanese abrogation of the London Naval Treaty of 1930. These ships were meant to take advantage of the Japanese advantages in torpedo firepower, and were designed to screen larger ships and engage in hit and run attacks against enemy vessels. 10 ships of this class were manufactured before the class was superseded by the Akizuki class destroyers. No Japanese ships of the Asashio class survived the war.

The ship's 3 boilers powered 2 geared turbine shafts with a power output of 50000 HP at the screws, giving it a top speed of 35 knots and a range of 5700 nautical miles at 10 knots or 960 nautical miles at 34 knots.

The Asashio class DD's were armed with:

• 6 5" guns arranged in 3 turrets with two guns per turret.
• 4 25mm anti-aircraft guns.
• 8 24" Long Lance torpedoes arranged in two launchers on pivoting mounts
• 16 depth charges in rear racks.

Ships

• Asashio, commissioned 31 August 1937, sunk 3 March 1943
• Ōshio, commissioned 31 October 1937, sunk 20 February 1943
• Michishio, commissioned 31 October 1937, sunk 25 October 1944
• Arashio, commissioned 20 December 1937, sunk 4 March 1943
• Natsugumo, commissioned 2 October 1938, sunk 12 October 1942
• Yamagumo, commissioned 15 January 1938, sunk 25 October 1944
• Minegumo, completed 30 April 1938, sunk 6 March 1943
• Asagumo, commissioned 31 March 1938, sunk 25 October 1944
• Arare, commissioned 15 April 1939, sunk 5 July 1942
• Kasumi, commissioned 28 June 1939, sunk 7 April 1945

Sources

ONI (Office of Naval Intelligence) recognition ID Manuals, Plans, and Drawings of WWII fighting ships. WWII Database

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