The Asashio-class destroyers (朝潮型駆逐艦, Asashio-gata kuchikukan) were a class of ten destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy in service before and during...

Arare (霰, "Hailstone") was the tenth and last of the Asashio-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the mid-1930s under the Circle Two...

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...

Kasumi (霞, "Haze") was the ninth of ten Asashio-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the mid-1930s under the Circle Two Supplementary...

shells from the Japanese destroyer Asashio. Her return fire hit two Japanese destroyers, killing four men on Asashio and seven on Ōshio. The ship was then...

Minegumo (峯雲, Summit Cloud) was the eighth of ten Asashio-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the mid-1930s under the Circle Two...

Sino-Japanese War from November to December 1937. However, following reports of operational problems with her sister ship Asashio, she was withdrawn to Sasebo Naval...

Arashio (荒潮, Stormy Tide) was the fourth of ten Asashio-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the mid-1930s under the Circle Two Supplementary...

Yamagumo (山雲, Mountain Cloud) was the sixth of ten Asashio-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the mid-1930s under the Circle Two...

lethality of their "Long Lance" torpedoes. Following on the success of the Asashio class, the Kagerō class was very similar in design, but was slightly larger...