The Asashio-class was the first Japanese destroyer class to exceed 2,000 tons displacement and the first to be equipped with sonar. The hull was 30 feet longer than the Shiratsuyu-class and displacement was increased by 300 tons.

Asashio (朝潮, "Morning Tide") [1] was the lead ship of the ten Asashio-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the mid-1930s under the Circle Two Program (Maru Ni Keikaku).

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.

Asashio class ships became first Japanese destroyers armed with new French-origin 25mm MGs of Hotchkiss design. Two twin mounts placed on each side from the second funnel. Nevertheless, these destroyers have not justified hopes assigned to them. The matter is that there were two significant lacks.

KASUMI was the longest-lived of the class, but none could match the combat record of splendid ASAGUMO, one of the busiest destroyers in the fleet. Regarding individual performances, that put on by Desdiv 8's ASASHIO and OSHIO off Bali in February 1942 was the masterpiece.

Asashio was the lead ship of the ten Asashio-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the mid-1930s under the Circle Two Program.

The Asashio class destroyers were the first destroyers designed after the limitations of the 1930 London Naval Treaty had expired. The class was approved in 1934 and laid down over a span...

Four depth charge throwers added and depth charge loadout increased to 36 depth charges. The displacement increased to 2635 tons, which reduced maximum speed to just 29 knots. The Asashios were completed in 1937-39. They were loosely based on the Shiratsuyu class.

The Asashio class destroyers were designed to take advantage of Japan’s lead in torpedo technology. Eight 24 in (610 mm) torpedo tubes in two quadruple centerline mounts carried the lethal Type 93 “Long Lance” torpedoes.

The Asashio-class destroyer was a class of destroyers used by Japan during World War II. The Asashio-class had a crew of 200 and maximum speed was about 35 knots. The ship was powered by a 2 geared shaft turbines generating 50,000 shaft horsepower.