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− | The Asashio-class Destroyers (朝潮型駆逐艦) was the first Japanese destroyer class to exceed 2,000 tons displacement after the Japanese government allowed the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Naval_Treaty treaty] to expire without renewal. They were built under the Maru-2 Supplementary Naval Expansion budget of 1934.
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− | During the war the Asashio-class destroyers operated in the 8th, 9th and 18th Destroyer Divisions. | + | ==Listed by stats== |
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| + | ==Trivia== |
| + | The Asashio-class Destroyers (朝潮型駆逐艦) was the first Japanese destroyer class to exceed 2,000 tons displacement after the Japanese government allowed the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Naval_Treaty treaty] to expire without renewal. They were built under the Maru-2 Supplementary Naval Expansion budget of 1934. They become models of destroyer design from which the two succeeding classes which vary only slightly. |
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| + | They were developments of preceding designs with the intention of combining the firepower of the ''Fubuki''-class with the designed stability of the ''Shiratsuyu''-class. |
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| + | During the war, the Asashio-class destroyers operated in the 8th, 9th, and 18th Destroyer Divisions. |
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