Asashio-class destroyer

Asashio underway in July 1937.
Class overview
Name	Asashio class
Builders	Fujinagata Shipyards (3) Sasebo Naval Arsenal (2) Maizuru Naval Arsenal (2) Kawasaki-Kobe (2) Uraga Dock Company (1)
Operators	Imperial Japanese Navy
Preceded by	Shiratsuyu class
Succeeded by	Kagerō class
Built	1937–1939
In commission	1939–1945
Completed	10
Lost	10
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	2,370 long tons (2,408 t)
Length	111 m (364 ft) pp 115 m (377 ft 4 in)waterline 118.3 m (388 ft 1 in) OA
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 15 kn (28 km/h) 960 nmi (1,780 km) at 34 kn (63 km/h)
Complement	200
Armament	6 × Type 3 127 mm 50 caliber naval guns (3 × 2) up to 28 × Type 96 AA guns up to 4 × Type 93 AA guns 8 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes (2 × 4) 16 × Type 93 torpedoes 36 × depth charges

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 World War II.^[1] The overall layout of the class proved successful in service and created a powerful ship that served as the basis for the design of the following two classes of destroyers.^[2]