Japanese destroyer Asakaze explained

Four Japanese destroyers have been named Asakaze :

• , a launched in 1905 and scuttled in 1929
• , a launched in 1922 and sunk in 1944
• , a launched in 1941 as USS Ellyson she was acquired by Japan in 1954 and served until 1970
• , a commissioned in 1979 and stricken in 2008