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Oyashio

Class	Kagero class
Type	Destroyer (DD)
Builder	Maizuru Naval Arsenal
Launched	1938-11-29
Commissioned	1940-08-20
Fate	Sunk. Crippled by mine, finished off by air attack leaving Vila, Kolombangara (New Georgia Campaign), 8 May 1943
Armament (class)	Three twin 5-inch mounts, two funnels, and two quadruple banks of tubes.
Command	Arima, Tokiyoshi Captain from 12 September 1941; Relieved on 28 November 1942 Higashi, Hideo Captain from 28 November 1942

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.

Oyashio was a Kagero-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Maizuru Naval Arsenal built her. She was launched on 29 November 1938 and commissioned on 20 August 1940.

Tokiyoshi Arima served as her captain from 12 September 1941 until 28 November 1942. Hideo Higashi relieved him that day and took command.

Two days later, on 30 November 1942, Oyashio was at the Battle of Tassafaronga, where she stood in the supply line.

She was lost in the New Georgia Campaign. On 8 May 1943, while leaving Vila at Kolombangara, a mine crippled her. Air attack then finished the destroyer, and she sank with Higashi still in command.

The pictures on this page are the originals.