Japanese destroyer Asagiri

Japanese destroyer Asagiri

"Asagiri" (Japanese 朝霧, "Morning Mist") is the name of two destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy, and of one of the "Japanese Marine Self-Defense Force".

The first "Asagiri" was a Harusame class destroyer commissioned in 1903. During the Russo-Japanese War, it took part in the Battle of the Yellow Sea in 1904. It was the flagship of Commander Suzuki's 4th Destroyer Division at the Battle of Tsushima in 1905 where it took part in the sinking of the Russian battleship Dmitri Donskoi. The ship served throughout World War I.

The second "Asagiri" was laid down at the Sasebo dockyard on 12 December 1928, launched on 18 November 1929, and commissioned on 30 June 1930. It was the third of the intermediate group of Fubuki class destroyers. The ship was assigned to the 20th Destroyer Division along with its sister ships "Amagiri", "Yugiri", and "Sagiri".

These ships participated in Imperial Japanese Navy combat maneuvers and took part in the Second Sino-Japanese War during the 1930s. On 8 December 1941, the "Asagiri" and her sister ships of Destroyer Division 20 provided covering fire for the landings at Songkhla, Thailand. In the spring of 1942, the "Asagiri" was assigned as part of the destroyer screen for Admiral Yamamoto's main body at the Battle of Midway. The Destroyer Division was transferred to the Solomon Islands area in August 1942 to oppose the American landings on Guadalcanal. On 28 August 1942, the division now composed of the "Asagiri", "Amagiri", "Yugiri", and "Shirakumo", left the Shortland Islands with the intention of landing reinforcements on Guadalcanal. Because of a hasty departure, they arrived in the Guadalcanal area during daylight hours and were attacked by United States Marine Corps SBD Dauntless dive bombers from Henderson Field. The "Asagiri" was sunk and the "Yugiri" was damaged. The surviving destroyers returned to base without landing the reinforcements.

Commanding Officers of the second "Asagiri"

Chief Equipping Officer - Cmdr. Shichiro Ikeda - 1 March 1930 - 30 June 1930

Cmdr. Shichiro Ikeda - 30 June 1930 - 1 December 1931

Cmdr. Yoshisuke Yasutomi - 1 December 1931 - 1 December 1932

Cmdr. Tadanori Nanba - 1 December 1932 - 15 November 1933

Cmdr. Tei Monzen - 15 November 1933 - 10 March 1934

Cmdr. Masatomi Kimura - 10 March 1934 - 15 November 1935

Cmdr. Masao Tachibana - 15 November 1935 - 1 December 1936

Cmdr. Hiroshi Matsubara - 1 December 1936 - 1 December 1937

Cmdr. Toshio Abe - 1 December 1937 - 15 December 1938

Cmdr. Yoshio Inoue - 15 December 1938 - 1 November 1939

Lt. Cmdr. Tamaki Ugaki - 1 November 1939 - 10 September 1941

Lt. Cmdr. Yasuo Arai - 10 September 1941 - 10 November 1941

Lt. Cmdr. Nisaburou Maekawa - 10 November 1941 - 28 August 1942

In 1981 the name was again resurrected by the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force as the lead ship of the Asagiri class destroyers. "Asagiri" DD-151 was laid down at the Ishihari Tokyo shipyard on 13 February 1985, launched 19 September 1986, and commissioned on 17 March 1988. It was assigned to the 6th Escort Flotilla at Sasebo and is currently in service (2005).

References

* [http://www.combinedfleet.com/asagir_t.htm Long Lancers: IJN "Asagiri": Tabular Record of Movement]
* [http://navalhistory.flixco.info/G/104998x9/8330/a0.htm "Asagiri" in Naval History of World Wars]
* [http://www.lemaire.happyhost.org/ship/+navires3/3638.html#300087 LemaireSoft's "Asagiri", N°47]


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