Japanese destroyer Arashio (1943): Shipwreck Map, Location & Facts

Japanese destroyer Arashio 1943

Image: Shizuo Fukui, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Marker: recorded wreck position (Second World War).

Key facts

Name	Japanese destroyer Arashio	Wikidata label
Year lost	1943	Wikidata P793 significant event, point-in-time qualifier
Era	Second World War	derived from year
Ship type	destroyer	Wikidata P31 instance of
Nationality / flag	Empire of Japan	Wikidata P8047 country of registry
Operator	Imperial Japanese Navy	Wikidata P137 operator
Conflict	World War II	Wikidata P607 conflict
Sea / ocean	Solomon Sea	Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon
Nearest coast	Papua New Guinea	Natural Earth (public domain); approx. 97 km from land
Position	-7.2500, 148.5000	Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0)

About the wreck

Arashio (荒潮, Stormy Tide) was the fourth 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).

Location

Recorded position: -7.2500, 148.5000 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
Sea / ocean: Solomon Sea
Nearest coast: Papua New Guinea

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