Japanese destroyer Oyashio

Oyashio in 1943
History
Name	Oyashio
Ordered	1937
Laid down	29 March 1939
Launched	29 November 1938
Commissioned	20 August 1940
Stricken	20 June 1943
Fate	Sunk in action, 8 May 1943
General characteristics
Class and type	Kagero-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 × 5 in (130 mm)/50 caliber DP guns • up to 28 × 25 mm AA guns • up to 4 × 13 mm AA guns • 8 × 24 in (610 mm) torpedo tubes • 36 depth charges

Oyashio (親潮) was a Kagero-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was named for the Oyashio Current, or "Cold Current".

On 8 May 1943, Oyashio led a troop transport run to Kolombangara. While leaving Vila (Kolombangara), she was disabled by a mine, then suffered further damage in air attacks due to a direct bomb hit, near-misses and strafing. She finally sank southwest of Kolombangara (08°08′S 156°55′E).

See also

• List of World War II ships
• List of ships of the Japanese Navy

External links

• CombinedFleet.com: Kagero-class destroyers
• CombinedFleet.com: Oyashio history