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Asashio as built (as of 1937), with the original straight stern and different rudder.

Note that while good pictures of Asashio during trails existed, underwater sources are extremely scarce and bare, so the shape of the rudder and U/W hull at the stern might not be 100% accurate; that's the best i could managed to do.

expect Kasumi as of 1945 (Operation Ten-Go) to complete the series.

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-Koko Kyouwakoku (Republic of Koko)
-Koko's carrier-based aircrafts of WWII
-Koko Kaiun Yuso Kaisha - KoKaYu Line (Koko AU spinoff)
-Koko - Civil Aviation

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Kasumi as of 1945:

Beign the last surviving Asashio-class ship by 1945, Kasumi recieved a further upgrade in anti.aircraft armament, reaching a total of 28 25mm machine guns and four 13mm ones, other than retaining her forward torpedo reloads, wich had been landed on her sisters.
On april 6 she was assigned to escort Yamato to Okinawa for Operation Ten-Go; after beign attacked the following day by TF58 aircrafts Kasumi lost steering and suffered 17 dead, she was then scuttled by Fuyuzuki after her surviving crew were removed.


And with, this, we've done with the Asashios.
All ships and related descriptions can be found in the first page.

_________________
My Worklist
Sources and documentations are the most welcome.

-Koko Kyouwakoku (Republic of Koko)
-Koko's carrier-based aircrafts of WWII
-Koko Kaiun Yuso Kaisha - KoKaYu Line (Koko AU spinoff)
-Koko - Civil Aviation

Great work!

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MS State Guard - 08 March 2014 - 28 January 2023

The Official IJN Ships & Planes List

#FJB