Akatsuki-class destroyer (1931)

Inazuma underway, circa 1936
Class overview
Name	Akatsuki class
Builders	Sasebo Naval Arsenal Maizuru Naval Arsenal Uraga Dock Company Fujinagata Shipyards
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	2 shaft Kampon geared turbines 3 boilers 50,000 hp (37,000 kW)
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
Armament	3 × twin Type 3 127 mm 50 caliber naval guns 2 × single Type 93 13 mm machine guns 3 × triple 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes 18 × Type 93 torpedoes 18 × depth charges

The Akatsuki-class destroyer (暁型駆逐艦, Akatsuki-gata kuchikukan) was a class of four destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy.^[1] 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.