Akatsuki class 1st class destroyers



Akatsuki (as completed)

Displacement1680t standard, 1950t trial
Length106.68m pp, 113.30m wl
Width10.36m
Draught3.28m
Machinery2-shafts geared turbine, 3 boilers, 50,000shp
Fueloil 475t
Speed38kt
Armament6-12.7cm/50cal. gun (2x3), 2-13mm AA machine gun, 9-61cm TT (3x3), 14 DCs
Complement197



Name Plan Builder Laid down Launch Complete
AkatsukiFY1927Sasebo NYd1930. 2.171932. 5. 71932.11.30DD11942.11.13 Sunk
(action , off Guadalcanal)
[09.17S, 159.56E]
1942.12.15 disc
HibikiFY1927Maizuru NYd1930. 2.211932. 6.161933. 3.31DD11945.10. 5 disc
1945.12. 1 Retreating Transport
1947. 7. 5 To USSR
1963 BU
IkazuchiFY1927Uraga Dock1930. 3. 71931.10.221932. 8.15DD11944. 4.13 Sunk
(torpedoed, W of Guam)
[10.13N, 143.51E]
1944. 6.10 disc
InazumaFY1927Fujinagata SB1930. 3. 71932. 2.251932.11.15DD11944. 5.14 Sunk
(torpedoed, W of Celebes Sea)
[05.08N, 119.38E]
1944. 6.10 disc








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