Japanese destroyer Arashi

Arashi underway in December 1940.
History
Empire of Japan
Name:	Arashi
Launched:	22 April 1940
Commissioned:	25 November 1940
Struck:	15 October 1943
Fate:	Sunk in action, 7 August 1943
General characteristics
Class and type:	Kagerō-class destroyer
Displacement:	2,490 long tons (2,530 t)
Length:	118.5 m (388 ft 9 in)
Beam:	10.8 m (35 ft 5 in)
Draft:	3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)
Speed:	35 knots (40 mph; 65 km/h)
Complement:	240
Armament:	6 × 127 mm (5 in)/50 caliber DP guns up to 28 × 25 mm AA guns up to 4 × 13 mm AA guns 8 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes 36 depth charges
Service record
Operations:	Battle of Vella Gulf (1943)
Victories:	USS Asheville (1942)

Arashi (嵐^?, "Storm") was a Kagerō-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy.

Arashi played a vital role in World War II by inadvertently guiding US attack planes to the Japanese carrier fleet at the Battle of Midway. Arashi had become separated from the Japanese carrier force while attempting to destroy an American submarine, USS Nautilus. Following her attacks on Nautilus, Arashi steamed at high speed to rejoin the group. All four IJN carriers were sunk by Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers of American aircraft carriers USS Yorktown and USS Enterprise, giving the US a decisive victory and checking Japanese momentum in the Pacific War.

The Kagerō class was an enlarged and improved version of the preceding Asashio class. Their crew numbered 240 officers and enlisted men. The ships measured 118.5 meters (388 ft 9 in) overall, with a beam of 10.8 meters (35 ft 5 in) and a draft of 3.76 meters (12 ft 4 in). They displaced 2,065 metric tons (2,032 long tons) at standard load and 2,529 metric tons (2,489 long tons) at deep load. The ships had two Kampon geared steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, using steam provided by three Kampon water-tube boilers. The turbines were rated at a total of 52,000 shaft horsepower (39,000 kW) for a designed speed of 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph). The ships had a range of 5,000 nautical miles (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at a speed of 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph).