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Oyashio

IJN Oyashio

Sunk

Imperial Japanese Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassKagerō
WarSecond World War
Main guns6 × 5″ guns

Fired torpedoes at Tassafaronga.

The launching of the Japanese destroyer Oyashio Photo: Shizuo Fukui, CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • (1939)
  • 6 × 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 DP guns
  • 2 × Type 96 25 mm AA guns
  • 8 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes
  • 18 depth charges
  • 2 × paravanes
  • (1943)
  • 8 × Type 96 25 mm AA guns
BuilderMaizuru Naval Arsenal
Laid down29 March 1938
Launched29 November 1938
Displacement2,033 long tons (2,066 t) standard
Length118.5 m (388 ft 9 in)
Speed35.5 knots (40.9 mph; 65.7 km/h)
Complement239

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

Career

Launched

29 November 1938

Battle of Tassafaronga
Survived

30 November 1942

Fate

Sunk

Sunk in action, 8 May 1943