page_title: Asashio-class destroyer
hierarchical_section_title: Asashio-class destroyer
caption_attribution_description: English: Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Asashio, the second Japanese warship to bear that name.
context_page_description: The Asashio-class destroyers were a class of ten destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy in service before and during World War II. The overall layout of the class proved successful in service and created a powerful ship that served as the basis for the design of the following two classes of destroyers.
context_section_description: The Asashio-class destroyers (朝潮型駆逐艦, Asashio-gata kuchikukan) were a class of ten destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy in service before and during World War II. The overall layout of the class proved successful in service and created a powerful ship that served as the basis for the design of the following two classes of destroyers.
caption: Asashio underway in July 1937.
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