Japanese destroyer Arare (1937)

	Arare anchored during an Imperial Japanese navy fleet review, October 11th 1940
History
Empire of Japan
Name	Arare
Ordered	1934 Maru-2 Program
Builder	Maizuru Naval Arsenal
Laid down	5 March 1937
Launched	16 November 1937
Commissioned	15 April 1939
Stricken	31 July 1942
Fate	Torpedoed and sunk by USS Growler, 5 July 1942
General characteristics
Class and type	Asashio-class destroyer
Displacement	2,370 long tons (2,408 t)
Length	111 m (364 ft) pp; 115 m (377 ft 4 in)waterline; 118.3 m (388 ft 1 in) OA;
Beam	10.3 m (33 ft 10 in)
Draft	3.7 m (12 ft 2 in)
Propulsion	2-shaft geared turbine, 3 boilers, 51,000 shp (38,031 kW)
Speed	34.85 knots (40.10 mph; 64.54 km/h)
Range	5,700 nmi (10,600 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h); 960 nmi (1,780 km) at 34 kn (63 km/h);
Complement	230
Armament	6 × 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 DP guns; up to 28 × Type 96 AA guns; up to 4 × Type 93 AA guns; 8 × 24 in (610 mm) torpedo tubes; 36 depth charges;

Arare (霰, "Hailstone") ^[1] was the tenth and last of the Asashio-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the mid-1930s under the Circle Two Supplementary Naval Expansion Program (Maru Ni Keikaku).

History
Arare anchored during an Imperial Japanese navy fleet review, October 11th 1940
Empire of Japan
Name	Arare
Ordered	1934 Maru-2 Program
Builder	Maizuru Naval Arsenal
Laid down	5 March 1937
Launched	16 November 1937
Commissioned	15 April 1939
Stricken	31 July 1942
Fate	Torpedoed and sunk by USS Growler, 5 July 1942
General characteristics
Class and type	Asashio-class destroyer
Displacement	2,370 long tons (2,408 t)
Length	111 m (364 ft) pp 115 m (377 ft 4 in)waterline 118.3 m (388 ft 1 in) OA
Beam	10.3 m (33 ft 10 in)
Draft	3.7 m (12 ft 2 in)
Propulsion	2-shaft geared turbine, 3 boilers, 51,000 shp (38,031 kW)
Speed	34.85 knots (40.10 mph; 64.54 km/h)
Range	5,700 nmi (10,600 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h) 960 nmi (1,780 km) at 34 kn (63 km/h)
Complement	230
Armament	6 × 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 DP guns up to 28 × Type 96 AA guns up to 4 × Type 93 AA guns 8 × 24 in (610 mm) torpedo tubes 36 depth charges