Japanese destroyer Arashio
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| Fate: | Sunk in action, 4 March, 1943 |
| Struck: | 1 April 1943 |
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| Displacement: | 2,370 tons |
| Length: | 388 ft (118.3 m) |
| Beam: | 33 ft 11 in (10.3 m) |
| Draft: | 12 ft 1 in (3.7 m) |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Complement: | 200 |
| Armament: | 6 × 5 in (127 mm) / 50 cal DP guns, up to 28 × 25 mm AA guns, up to 4 × 13 mm AA guns, 8 × 24 in torpedo tubes, 36 depth charges |
Arashio was a Asashio-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Her name means "Rough Sea Flood" (Tide).
On 3 March, 1943, Arashio escorted a troop convoy from Rabaul towards Lae. In the Battle of the Bismarck Sea, the convoy was hit by devastating Allied air attacks. Arashio, after being hit early by three bombs, went out of control and rammed Nojima. Yukikaze later rescued 176 survivors, and the abandoned hulk was sunk 4 March by Allied aircraft, 55 miles (100 km) southeast of Finschhafen, New Guinea ().
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| Asashio-class destroyer |
| Asashio | Oshio | Michishio | Arashio | Natsugumo | Yamagumo | Minegumo | Asagumo | Arare | Kasumi |
| List of ships of the Japanese Navy |
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