Japanese destroyer Asashio (1936)

Asashio (朝潮, "Morning Tide") was the lead ship of the ten Asashio-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the mid-1930s under the Circle Two Program (Maru Ni Keikaku).

For other ships with the same name, see Japanese ship Asashio.

Asashio underway in July 1937.
History
Empire of Japan
NameAsashio
Ordered1934
BuilderSasebo Naval Arsenal
Laid down7 September 1935
Launched16 December 1936
Commissioned31 August 1937
Stricken1 April 1943
FateSunk by air attack in Battle of the Bismarck Sea, 3 March 1943
General characteristics
Class and typeAsashio-class destroyer
Displacement2,370 long tons (2,408 t)
Length
  • 111 m (364 ft) pp
  • 115 m (377 ft 4 in) waterline
Beam10.3 m (33 ft 10 in)
Draft3.7 m (12 ft 2 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 shaft Kampon geared turbines
  • 3 boilers, 50,000 hp (37,000 kW)
Speed35 knots (40 mph; 65 km/h)
Range5,700 nmi (10,600 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h)
Complement226
Armament6 × 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 naval guns DP guns (3×2), (early) 3 × (later) up to 28 × Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Gun, up to 4 × Type 93 13 mm machine guns, 8 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes (2×4), 36 depth charges
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