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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. They become models of destroyer design from which the two succeeding classes which vary only slightly.
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.
During the war, the Asashio-class destroyers operated in the 8th, 9th, and 18th Destroyer Divisions.
During the war, the Asashio-class destroyers operated in the 8th, 9th, and 18th Destroyer Divisions.
[[Category:Destroyers]]
[[Category:Destroyers]]