Japanese destroyer Akatsuki (1932)

Akatsuki underway on 18 January 1937.
History
Empire of Japan
NameAkatsuki
Namesake暁 (Dawn)
Ordered1923 Fiscal Year
BuilderSasebo Naval Arsenal
Laid down17 February 1930
Launched7 May 1932
Commissioned30 November 1932
Stricken15 December 1942
FateSunk in action off Guadalcanal, 13 November 1942
General characteristics
Class & typeAkatsuki-class destroyer
Displacement
Length
  • 111.96 m (367.3 ft) pp
  • 115.3 m (378 ft) waterline
  • 118.41 m (388.5 ft) overall
Beam10.4 m (34 ft 1 in)
Draft3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
Propulsion
  • 4 × Kampon type boilers
  • 2 × Kampon Type Ro geared turbines
  • 2 × shafts at 50,000 ihp (37,000 kW)
Speed38 knots (44 mph; 70 km/h)
Range5,000 nmi (9,300 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement219
Armament

Akatsuki (暁, "Dawn") was the twenty-first Fubuki-class destroyer, or the lead ship of the Akatsuki class (if that sub-class is regarded as a separate class), built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the inter-war period.

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