JDS Akebono (DE-201)

JDS Akebono (DE-201)
Class overview
Preceded byAsahi class
Succeeded byIkazuchi class
History
Japan
Name
  • Akebono
  • (あけぼの)
BuilderIshikawajima-Harima HI
Laid down10 December 1954
Launched30 October 1955
Commissioned20 March 1956
Decommissioned1976
Stricken1981
General characteristics
TypeDestroyer escort
Displacement
  • 1,075 long tons (1,092 t) standard
  • 1,350 long tons (1,372 t) full load
Length91.8 m (301 ft 2 in) pp
Beam8.5 m (27 ft 11 in)
Draft3.4 m (11 ft 2 in)
Propulsion
  • 2 shafts
  • 2× Ishikawajima geared steam turbines
  • 2× Ishikawajima/Foster Wheeler boilers
  • 18,000 shp (13,000 kW)
Speed28 kn (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Complement193
Sensors &
processing systems
Armament

JDS Akebono (DE-201) was a destroyer escort (or frigate) of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. Akebono was one of the first indigenous Japanese warships to be built following World War II. Akebono was laid down in 1954 as a steam turbine powered "B type" ASW escort, the only ship of its class, for comparison with two similar diesel powered ships, the Ikazuchi-class destroyer escorts. Akebono entered service in 1956 and remained in use until 1976.

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