Japanese destroyer Akatsuki (1932)
Service
- as Akatsuki30 November 1932 — 15 December 19421,201 days of the war
- Name
- Akatsuki
- Pennant / hull number
- 1932
- Namesake
- Dawn
- Builder
- Sasebo Naval Arsenal
- Ordered
- 1923
- Laid down
- 17 February 1930
- Launched
- 7 May 1932
- Commissioned
- 30 November 1932
- Struck
- 15 December 1942
- Fate
- Sunk in action off Guadalcanal, 13 November 1942 (1942)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,750 long tons (1,778 t)
- Length
- 118.41 m (388.5 ft) OA
- Beam
- 10.4 m (34.1 ft)
- Draught
- 3.2 m (10.5 ft)
- Speed
- 38 knots (70.4 km/h, 43.7 mph)
- Range
- 5,000 nmi (9,260 km)
- Complement
- 219
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
Akatsuki was a Akatsuki-class destroyer (1931) destroyer in service with the Imperial Japanese Navy. She carried the pennant number 1932. She was named for Dawn. Sasebo Naval Arsenal laid her keel on 17 February 1930. She entered service on 30 November 1932, having been launched on 7 May 1932.
Her class ran to two ships. The class followed the Fubuki-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Hatsuharu-class destroyer.
She displaced 1,750 long tons. She measured 118.4 m (388 ft) long with a beam of 10.4 m (34 ft). Her designed speed was 38 knots, and she carried a complement of 219. Her main battery was of 127 mm (5 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 1,201 days of the Second World War. She was struck from the register on 15 December 1942.
She was sunk on 13 November 1942, at 9°17′S 159°56′E. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 4 × Kampon type boilers
- 2 × Kampon Type Ro geared turbines
- 2 × shafts at 50000 ihp
- Armament
- 6 × Type 3 127 mm 50 caliber naval guns
- up to 28 × Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Gun
- up to 10 × 13.2 mm/76 cal. Type 93 AA guns
- 9 × 24 in torpedo tubes for Type 93 torpedoes
- 36 depth charges
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Japanese destroyer Akatsuki (1932) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Shizuo Fukui — Kure Maritime Museum, Japanese Naval Warship Photo Album: Destroyers , edited by Kazushige Todaka, p. 70 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons