Pacific ships
Diagram of the class, not a photograph of this ship

IJN · DD

Sunk

Asashio-class destroyer. She screened the Pearl Harbor striking force and was not hit. The submarine Growler sank her on 5 July 1942 in Kiska harbor.

ClassAsashio class
TypeDestroyer (DD)
FateSunk. Asashio-class destroyer. Screened the Pearl Harbor carriers and was not hit. The submarine Growler sank her on 5 July 1942 in Kiska harbor.
Armament (class)Three twin 5-inch mounts, two funnels, and two banks of tubes.

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

No photograph of Arare was found. This is the U.S. Navy recognition sheet of the Asashio class, ONI 41-42, April 1943. It is not a picture of her. Public domain.

The pictures on this page are the originals.

Attack on Pearl Harbor

1941-12-07 · screen; not hit

Aleutian Islands

1942-06-03 · sunk by Growler in Kiska harbor, 5 July 1942

Shot and shell

Taken · sunkfrom USS Growler
Growler sank Arare in Kiska harbor on 5 July 1942.