Japanese destroyer Asashimo
- Japanese destroyer Asashimo
from the Inland Sea on attack mission towards Okinawa. She was sunk with all hands on 7 April by aircraft of Task Force 58, after falling astern of the "Yamato" task force due to engine troubles, 150 miles (275 km) southwest of Nagasaki (coord|31|N|128|E).
Commanding Officers
* Chief Equipping Officer - Cmdr. Nisaburou Maekawa - 1 November 1943 - 27 November 1943
* Cmdr. Nisaburou Maekawa - 27 November 1943 - 27 January 1944
* Lt. Cmdr. / Capt.* Yoshirou Sugihara - 27 January 1944 - 7 April 1945 (KIA; posthumous 2-rank promotion.)
See also
* List of World War II ships
* List of ships of the Japanese Navy
External links
* [http://www.combinedfleet.com/yugumo_c.htm CombinedFleet.com: "Yugumo"-class destroyers]
* [http://www.combinedfleet.com/asashm_t.htm CombinedFleet.com: "Asashimo" history]
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