Arashi (嵐?, "Storm") was a Kagero-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
Arashi played a vital role in World War II by inadvertently guiding US attack planes to the Japanese carrier fleet at the Battle of Midway. It had been separated from the fleet during an attack on the USS Nautilus and was steaming to join them. All four IJN carriers were sunk by Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers of the carriers USS Yorktown, USS Enterprise and USS Hornet, giving the US a decisive victory and therefore the advance in the Pacific War.
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