Japanese destroyer Ariake

Four Japanese destroyers have been named Ariake (有明 / ありあけ; ”dawn” or "daybreak"):

• Japanese destroyer Ariake (1904), a Harusame-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the Russo-Japanese War
• Japanese destroyer Ariake (1934), a Hatsuharu-class destroyer of the IJN during World War II
• JDS Ariake (DD-183), a destroyer of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), formerly USS Heywood L. Edwards (DD-663)
• JS Ariake (DD-109), a Murasame-class destroyer (1994) of the JMSDF launched in 2000

See also

• Ariake (disambiguation)

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