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Azur Lane's personification of the Japanese destroyer Ariake, fifth of the Hatsuharu-class.

h4. Appearance

h4. History

The historical Ariake was the fifth of the Hatsuharu-class but the first in an "improved design" that was meant to remedy the chronic stability issues of the first four Hatsuharus. Aside from lowered superstructures and a revised weapons suite, she and her sister ship ]] were the first destroyers fitted with the 12.7 cm twin Type C mounts as used by the succeeding ,_, and _classes._In_addition,_they_both_received_two_rudders,_one_aft_of_each_propeller,_in_an_attempt_to_reduce_severe_heeling_at_turns,_only_to_have_them_removed_after_their_trials_in_1935_as_the_same_design_changes_made_the_use_of_twin_rudders_redundant.

Assigned_to_DesDiv_27,_they_escorted_the_Second_Carrier_Division_( and )_in_raids_on_Rabaul_and_Darwin._They_repeated_the_same_task_for_the_Fifth_CarDiv_( and [[Zuikaku (Azur Lane)|) in the battle of the Coral Sea.

She was sunk on July 28, 1943 by engaging B-25 Mitchell bombers while assisting Mikazuki (Azur Lane). This was after completing a troop transport at Tuluvu, New Britain (now part of Papua New Guinea), during which the two destroyers ran aground on a reef off Cape Gloucester.

For her retrofit form, see her corresponding page.

h4. Skins

* !post #3133161: Base art

* !post #4125497: Retrofit

* !post #4117764: Unending friendship

h4. Hatsuharu-class destroyers

* Original Hatsuharu-class

** Hatsuharu (Azur Lane)

** Wakaba (Azur Lane)

** Hatsushimo (Azur Lane)

* Ariake subclass

** Ariake

** Yuugure (Azur Lane)

h4. See also:

* Ariake (Kancolle)

* Wikipedia: IJN Ariake