Japanese destroyer Ariake
Four Japanese destroyers have been named
Ariake
(
有明 / ありあけ
, ”
dawn
” or "daybreak")
:
Japanese destroyer
Ariake
(1904)
, a
Harusame
-class destroyer
of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the Russo-Japanese War
Japanese destroyer
Ariake
(1934)
, a
Hatsuharu
-class destroyer
of the IJN during World War II
JDS
Ariake
(DD-183)
, a destroyer of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), formerly USS
Heywood L. Edwards
(DD-663)
JS
Ariake
(DD-109)
, a
Murasame
-class destroyer (1994)
of the JMSDF launched in 2000