Akatsuki-class destroyer (1931)
Inazuma underway, circa 1936 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Akatsuki class |
| Builders | |
| Operators | Imperial Japanese Navy |
| 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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The Akatsuki-class destroyer (暁型駆逐艦, Akatsuki-gata kuchikukan) was a class of four destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. 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.