Arashio was an Asashio-class destroyer. Kawasaki's yard at Kobe launched her on 26 May 1937, and she was commissioned on 30 December 1937. The photograph is a coarse print of her at sea. The picture below is a clearer one. Her name is painted on the hull.
At Midway she was with the cruisers Mikuma and Mogami. On 5 June Mogami rammed Mikuma. The collision did not sink either ship. On 6 June aircraft from Enterprise and Hornet sank Mikuma. That sinking is not credited to Arashio, and not to one carrier. A bomb hit Arashio the same day. Thirty-seven men were killed. She was damaged, and she was not sunk. She and Asashio took survivors off Mikuma.
In the Bismarck Sea, eight transports and eight destroyers were on the way from Rabaul to Lae. Allied aircraft sank every transport and four destroyers: Shirayuki, Arashio, Asashio, and Tokitsukaze. No Allied warship was in the daylight fight.
Aircraft hit Arashio on 3 March 1943. She was not under control, and she rammed the transport Nojima. Yukikaze took off survivors. Aircraft sank her. The loss is not credited to one plane. Motor torpedo boats attacked wrecks after dark. They are not credited with her sinking. Yukikaze, Asagumo, Shikinami, and Uranami got away.
