Asanagi at anchor 29 December 1924
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History | |
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Empire of Japan | |
Name | Asanagi |
Builder | Fujinagata Shipyards |
Laid down | 5 March 1923 as Destroyer No. 15 |
Launched | 21 April 1924 |
Completed | 29 December 1924 |
Renamed | Asanagi, 1 August 1928 |
Stricken | 10 July 1944 |
Fate | Sunk on 22 May 1944 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Kamikaze-class destroyer |
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Length | |
Beam | 9.1 m (29 ft 10 in) |
Draft | 2.9 m (9 ft 6 in) |
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Propulsion | 2 shafts; 2 × Kampon geared steam turbines |
Speed | 37.3 knots (69.1 km/h; 42.9 mph) |
Range | 3,600 nmi (6,700 km; 4,100 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Complement | 148 |
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Service record | |
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The Japanese destroyer Asanagi (朝凪, "Morning Calm") was one of nine Kamikaze-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the 1920s. During the Pacific War, she participated in the occupation of the Gilbert Islands and the Battle of Wake Island in December 1941 and then the occupations of New Guinea and the Solomon Islands in early 1942.