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Ariake

Class	Hatsuharu class
Type	Destroyer (DD)
Fate	Sunk. In the carrier screen at Coral Sea, and not sunk there. Aircraft sank her on 28 July 1943 off Cape Gloucester, while she stood by the grounded Mikazuki. Not credited to one plane.
Armament (class)	Treaty destroyer after the Special Type. Two twin mounts, one single, two funnels.
Command	Yoshida, Shoichi Captain from 15 October 1940 Kawahashi, Akifumi Captain from 15 July 1943; In command when she was lost, 28 July 1943

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.

Ariake was a Hatsuharu-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Shoichi Yoshida became her captain on 15 October 1940.

On 8 May 1942, in the Battle of the Coral Sea, Ariake was in the screen around the carriers Shokaku and Zuikaku. She stayed with that screen and came through the battle.

Akifumi Kawahashi took command on 15 July 1943. He was still captain when the ship was lost on 28 July 1943.

That day, off Cape Gloucester, Ariake stood by the grounded Mikazuki. Aircraft sank her there. The loss is not credited to any one plane.

The pictures on this page are the originals.