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{{short description|Asashio-class destroyer}}
{{other ships|Japanese destroyer Arare}}

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| Ship caption = ''Arare'' anchored during an Imperial Japanese navy fleet review, October 11th 1940
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| Ship country = [[Empire of Japan]]
| Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Japan|naval}}
| Ship name = ''Arare''
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| Ship ordered = 1934 Maru-2 Program
| Ship builder = [[Maizuru Naval Arsenal]]
| Ship laid down = 5 March 1937
| Ship launched = 16 November 1937
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| Ship commissioned = 15 April 1939
| Ship decommissioned = 
| Ship struck = 31 July 1942
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| Ship fate = Torpedoed and sunk by [[USS Growler (SS-215)|USS ''Growler'']], 5 July 1942
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| Ship class = {{sclass|Asashio|destroyer}}
| Ship displacement = {{convert|2370|LT|t|0|abbr=on}}
| Ship length = *{{convert|111|m|ft|abbr=on}} [[Length between perpendiculars|pp]]
*{{convert|115|m|ftin|abbr=on}}waterline
*{{convert|118.3|m|ftin|abbr=on}} OA
| Ship beam = {{convert|10.3|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| Ship draft = {{convert|3.7|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| Ship propulsion = 2-shaft geared turbine, 3 boilers, {{convert|51000|shp|kW|0|abbr=on}}
| Ship speed = {{convert|34.85|kn|mph km/h|lk=in}}
| Ship range = *{{convert|5700|nmi|km|abbr=on|lk=in}} at {{convert|10|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}
*{{convert|960|nmi|km|abbr=on|lk=in}} at {{convert|34|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}
| Ship complement = 230
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| Ship armament = *6 × [[12.7 cm/50 Type 3 naval gun|12.7 cm/50 Type 3]] [[dual purpose gun|DP]] guns
*up to 28 × [[Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Gun|Type 96 AA guns]]
*up to 4 × [[13.2 mm Hotchkiss machine gun|Type 93 AA guns]]
*8 × {{convert|24|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} [[torpedo tube]]s
*36 [[depth charge]]s
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{{nihongo| '''''Arare'''''|霰|extra="Hailstone"}} <ref>Nelson. ''Japanese-English Character Dictionary''. page 946</ref> was the tenth and last of the {{sclass|Asashio|destroyer}}s built for the [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] in the mid-1930s under the [[2nd Naval Armaments Supplement Programme (Japan, 1934)|Circle Two Supplementary Naval Expansion Program]] (''Maru Ni Keikaku'').

==History==
The ''Asashio''-class destroyers were larger and more capable than the preceding {{sclass|Shiratsuyu|destroyer|4}}, as Japanese naval architects were no longer constrained by the provisions of the [[London Naval Treaty]]. These [[light cruiser]]-sized vessels were designed to take advantage of Japan’s lead in [[torpedo]] technology, and to accompany the Japanese main striking force and in both day and night attacks against the [[United States Navy]] as it advanced across the [[Pacific Ocean]], according to Japanese naval strategic projections.<ref>Peattie & Evans, ''Kaigun'' .</ref> Despite being one of the most powerful classes of destroyers in the world at the time of their completion, none survived the [[Pacific War]].<ref>Globalsecurity.org, IJN Asashio class destroyers</ref>

''Arare'', built at the [[Maizuru Naval Arsenal]], was [[Keel laying|laid down]] on 5 March 1937, [[Ship launching|launched]] on 16 November 1937 and commissioned on 15 April 1939.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://homepage2.nifty.com/nishidah/e/stc0427.htm | title= Asashio class 1st class destroyers | last= Nishidah | first= Hiroshi | year= 2002 | work= Materials of the Imperial Japanese Navy | access-date= 2011-03-24 | archive-url= https://archive.today/20120721073917/http://homepage2.nifty.com/nishidah/e/stc0427.htm | archive-date= 2012-07-21 | url-status= dead }}</ref> On completion, she was assigned to the [[IJN 2nd Fleet]] as part of Desdiv 18, Desron 2 under command of Commander Tomoe Ogata.

==Operational history==
On 22 November, ''Arare'' departed was the [[Kurile Islands]] as an escort to [[Chūichi Nagumo|Admiral Nagumo]]’s [[Kido Butai|Carrier Strike Force]], specifically guarding the [[fleet tanker]]s accompanying the strike force. On 7 December, these aircraft carriers were responsible for the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]], launching a total of 353 aircraft against the base, although ''Arare'' did not play any direct role in the attack, having been preformed only by air power.  After the attack, ''Arare'' escorted the carriers to [[Kure Naval District|Kure]], returning on the 24th.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.combinedfleet.com/arare_t.htm | title= IJN ''Arare'': Tabular Record of Movement |author= Allyn D. Nevitt  |year= 1998 |publisher= combinedfleet.com }}</ref>

In January 1942, ''Arare'' escorted aircraft carriers {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Akagi||2}} and {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Kaga||2}} to [[Chuuk Lagoon|Truk]], and onwards to [[Rabaul]] to cover [[Battle of Rabaul (1942)|landings]] of Japanese forces at [[Rabaul]] and [[Kavieng]]. She returned with {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Zuikaku||2}} from [[Palau]] to [[Yokosuka Naval District|Yokosuka]] on 13 February, and spent the following month in training patrols. On 17 March, she departed Yokosuka with {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Shōkaku||2}} and {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Zuikaku||2}} to [[Staring-baai]] in [[Sulawesi]], [[Netherlands East Indies]].

On 1 March, ''Arare'' was present during the sinking of the Dutch cargo ship ''Modjokerto'', but did not engage.<ref>{{Cite web |last=主要兵器 |first=大日本帝国軍 |date=2018-02-04 |title=磯風【陽炎型駆逐艦 十二番艦】その1Isokaze【Kagero-class destroyer】 |url=https://japanese-warship.com/destroyer/isokaze/ |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=大日本帝国軍 主要兵器 |language=ja}}</ref> She departed Staring-baai on 27 March to escort the carrier force in the [[Indian Ocean raid]] on 27 March  After the Japanese air strikes on [[Colombo]] and [[Trincomalee]] in [[Sri Lanka|Ceylon]], she returned to Kure for repairs on 23 April. ''Arare'' deployed from [[Saipan]] on 3 June as part of the escort for the troop convoy in the [[Battle of Midway]]. Afterwards, she escorted the cruisers {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Kumano||2}} and {{ship|Japanese cruiser|Suzuya|1934|2}} from Truk back to Kure.
[[File:Japanese destroyers.jpg|thumb|Full version of the infobox photo, ''Arare'' is the 2nd closest destroyer, next to the ''[[Japanese destroyer Michishio|Michishio]]'']]
On 28 June, she was assigned to escort {{ship|Japanese aircraft carrier|Chiyoda||2}} to [[Kiska]] in the [[Aleutian Islands]] on a supply mission. While approximately {{convert|7|nmi|lk=in}} east of Kiska at {{coord|52|0|N|177|40|E|display=inline, title}} on 5 July, during the action of 5 July 1942 she was hit amidships by a torpedo fired by the submarine {{USS|Growler|SS-215|6}}, exploded and sank, with loss of 104 lives. Commander Ogata was among the 42 survivors rescued by the destroyer ''[[Japanese destroyer Shiranui (1938)|Shiranui]]''.<ref>{{cite book | last = Brown | first = David| year = 1990 | title = Warship Losses of World War Two| publisher = Naval Institute Press| isbn = 1-55750-914-X}}</ref> She was removed from the [[navy list]] on 31 July 1942.

==Notes==
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==References==
*{{cite book | last = D'Albas | first = Andrieu| year = 1965 | title = Death of a Navy: Japanese Naval Action in World War II  | publisher = Devin-Adair Pub| isbn = 0-8159-5302-X}}
*{{cite book | last = Brown | first = David| year = 1990 | title = Warship Losses of World War Two| publisher = Naval Institute Press| isbn = 1-55750-914-X}}
*{{cite book | last = Howarth | first = Stephen | year = 1983| title = The Fighting Ships of the Rising Sun: The Drama of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1895–1945 | publisher = Atheneum | isbn = 0-689-11402-8}}
*{{cite book| last = Jentsura | first = Hansgeorg | year = 1976 | title = Warships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1869–1945 | publisher = US Naval Institute Press  | isbn = 0-87021-893-X }}
*{{cite book | last = Nelson | first = Andrew N. | year = 1967 | title = Japanese–English Character Dictionary | publisher = Tuttle | isbn = 0-8048-0408-7 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/modernreadersjap00nels }}
*{{cite book | last = Watts | first = Anthony J | year = 1967 | title = Japanese Warships of World War II | publisher = Doubleday | isbn =  978-0-3850-9189-3}}
*{{cite book | last = Whitley | first = M J | title = Destroyers of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia | publisher = Arms and Armour Press | year = 2000 | location = London | isbn = 1-85409-521-8 }}

==External links==
*[http://www.combinedfleet.com/asashi_c.htm  CombinedFleet.com: ''Asashio''-class destroyers]
*[http://www.combinedfleet.com/arare_t.htm  CombinedFleet.com: ''Arare'' history]
*[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/japan/asashio-dd.htm GlobalSecurity.org: ''Asashio'' class destroyers]

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