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Tuesday 5 December 2017

Completion of Japanese Oshio-class destroyers speed up according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1938 no. 6

An item referred to the Proceedings reporting that the completion of the 10 destroyers of Japanese Oshio-class destroyers was speed up. With a displacement of 1.500 ton, a draught of just 10 feet, a speed of 34 knots and an armament consisting of 6-12,7cm/5” guns and 8-60cm/23.6” torpedo tubes. (1)

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1. Common known as the Asahio-class, preceded by the Shiratsuyu-class and succeeded by the Kagero-class.