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Ariake

IJN Ariake

Sunk

Imperial Japanese Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassHatsuharu
WarSecond World War
Main guns(as built) 2 × 2, 1 × 1 – 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 naval gun

Bombed off Cape Gloucester in New Britain on 28 July 1943 while trying to help the grounded Mikazuki.

Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Ariake, the second Japanese warship to bear that name. Photo: Shizuo Fukui, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • (as built) 2 × 2, 1 × 1 – 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 naval gun
  • 2 × 1 – 40 mm AA guns
  • 3 × 3 – 61 cm (24 in) torpedo tubes
  • 18 × depth charges
BuilderKawasaki Shipyards
Laid down14 January 1933
Launched23 September 1934
Commissioned25 March 1935
Displacement1,530 t (1,510 long tons)
Length103.5 m (340 ft) pp 105.5 m (346 ft) waterline 109.5 m (359 ft) overall
Speed36 knots (41 mph; 67 km/h)
Complement212

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

She isn't listed in any of the fleet actions covered here.

Launched

23 September 1934