Japanese destroyer Ōshio

Ōshio on trials
History
Empire of Japan
NameŌshio
Ordered1934 Maru-2 Program
BuilderMaizuru Naval Arsenal
Laid down5 August 1936
Launched19 April 1937
Commissioned31 October 1937
Stricken1 April 1943
FateTorpedoed and sunk by USS Albacore, 20 February 1943
General characteristics
Class & typeAsashio-class destroyer
Displacement2,370 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
Beam10.3 m (33 ft 10 in)
Draft3.7 m (12 ft 2 in)
Propulsion2-shaft geared turbine, 3 boilers, 50,000 shp (37,285 kW)
Speed35 knots (40 mph; 65 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)
Complement200
Armament

Ōshio (大潮, High Tide) was the second of ten Asashio-class destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the mid-1930s under the Circle Two Supplementary Naval Expansion Program (Maru Ni Keikaku).

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