Akebono underway on 29 July 1936.
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History | |
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Empire of Japan | |
Name | Akebono |
Namesake | Japanese destroyer Akebono (1899) |
Ordered | 1923 Fiscal Year |
Builder | Fujinagata Shipyards |
Yard number | Destroyer No. 52 |
Laid down | 25 November 1929 |
Launched | 7 November 1930 |
Commissioned | 31 July 1931 |
Stricken | 10 January 1945 |
Fate | Sunk in air raid near Manila, the Philippines, 14 November 1944 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Fubuki-class destroyer |
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Beam | 10.4 m (34 ft 1 in) |
Draft | 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in) |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 38 knots (44 mph; 70 km/h) |
Range | 5,000 nmi (9,300 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h) |
Complement | 219 |
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Akebono (曙, "Daybreak")[1] was the eighteenth of twenty-four Fubuki-class destroyers, built for the Imperial Japanese Navy following World War I. When introduced into service, these ships were the most powerful destroyers in the world.[2] They served as first-line destroyers through the 1930s, and remained formidable weapons systems well into the Pacific War.