Japanese destroyer Asagiri (1929)

Asagiri underway on 29 March 1936.
History
Empire of Japan
NameAsagiri
NamesakeMorning Fog
Ordered1923 Fiscal Year
BuilderSasebo Naval Arsenal
Yard numberDestroyer No. 47
Laid down12 December 1928
Launched18 November 1929
Commissioned30 June 1930
Stricken1 October 1942
FateSunk in action, 28 August 1942
General characteristics
Class & typeFubuki-class destroyer
Displacement
Length
  • 111.96 m (367.3 ft) pp
  • 115.3 m (378 ft) waterline
  • 118.41 m (388.5 ft) overall
Beam10.4 m (34 ft 1 in)
Draft3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
Propulsion
  • 4 × Kampon type boilers
  • 2 × Kampon Type Ro geared turbines
  • 2 × shafts at 50,000 ihp (37,000 kW)
Speed38 knots (44 mph; 70 km/h)
Range5,000 nmi (9,300 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement219
Armament
Service record
Operations:

Asagiri (朝霧, "Morning Fog") was the thirteenth of twenty-four Fubuki-class destroyers, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy following World War I.

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