Japanese destroyer Oyashio

Oyashio
Oyashio in 1943
History
Empire of Japan
NameOyashio
BuilderMaizuru Naval Arsenal
Laid down29 March 1938
Launched29 November 1938
Completed20 August 1940
Stricken20 June 1943
FateSunk in action, 8 May 1943
General characteristics
Class and typeKagerō-class destroyer
Displacement2,033 long tons (2,066 t) standard
Length118.5 m (388 ft 9 in)
Beam10.8 m (35 ft 5 in)
Draft3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)
Propulsion
  • 3 × Kampon water tube boilers
  • 2 × Kanpon impulse turbines
  • 2 × shafts, 52,000 shp (39 MW)
Speed35.5 knots (40.9 mph; 65.7 km/h)
Range5,000 NM at 18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h)
Complement239
Armament

Oyashio (親潮, lit. Father Current, from Oyashio Current)[1] was the fourth vessel to be commissioned in the 19-vessel Kagerō-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the late 1930s under the Circle Three Supplementary Naval Expansion Program (Maru San Keikaku).

  1. ^ Nelson. Japanese-English Character Dictionary. Page 816, ;