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Arashi

Arashi is documented as an ships with chronological service identities where transfers, renamings, or conversions occurred.

Kagerō classImperial Japanese NavyInterwar period, World War IIVerified subject image
Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Arashi .
Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Arashi .Kure Maritime Museum, Japanese Naval Warship Photo Album: Destroyers , edited by Kazushige Todaka, p. 103; also published in Shizuo Fukui, Nihon No Gunkan: Shashinshu , published 1970 , p.203 · Public domainImage source
ClassKagerō class
NavyImperial Japanese Navy
CountryJapan
Builder / shipyardMaizuru Naval Arsenal
Laid down1939-05
Launched1940-04-22
Completed1941-01
Recorded statusSunk

What is known about this ship

Arashi is documented as an ships with chronological service identities where transfers, renamings, or conversions occurred.

Service history

Member of the WAR-CL-000193 roster; source-recorded final disposition: sunk 7.8.1943.

Class context: Kagerō class

The Kagerō class combined six 127 mm guns with two quadruple 610 mm torpedo mounts and long cruising range.

Later service and disposition

sunk 7.8.1943.

This ship is recorded as a member of Kagerō class. Shared design history belongs on the class page; this page concentrates on the individual hull where evidence is available.

Sources and further reading

  1. KAGERO destroyers (1939–1941) ↗Navypedia · accessed 2026-09-18
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1922–1946Conway Maritime Press
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