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Akatsuki-class destroyer (1931)
Destroyer class of the Imperial Japanese Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with the much earlier Akatsuki class of the Russo-Japanese War period.
For other ships with the same name, see Akatsuki-class destroyer.
The Akatsuki-class destroyer (暁型駆逐艦, Akatsuki-gata kuchikukan) was a class of four destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy.[1] According to most sources, they are regarded as a sub-class of the Fubuki class, partly because the Imperial Japanese Navy itself kept the improvements made a secret, and did not officially designate these four destroyers as a separate class.
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![]() Inazuma underway, circa 1936 | |
Class overview | |
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Name | Akatsuki class |
Builders | |
Operators | ![]() |
Preceded by | Fubuki class |
Succeeded by | Hatsuharu class |
In commission | 1932–1944 |
Completed | 4 |
Lost | 3 |
Retired | 1 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Destroyer |
Displacement | 1,750 long tons (1,778 t) |
Length | 118.5 m (388 ft 9 in) |
Beam | 10.4 m (34 ft 1 in) |
Draft | 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in) |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 38 knots (70 km/h; 44 mph) |
Range | 5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
Complement | 233 |
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