JDS Akebono (DE-201)

JDS Akebono (DE-201)
Class overview
Preceded by	Asahi class
Succeeded by	Ikazuchi class
History
Japan
Name	Akebono (あけぼの)
Builder	Ishikawajima, Tokyo
Laid down	10 December 1954
Launched	30 October 1955
Commissioned	20 March 1956
Decommissioned	1976
Stricken	1981
General characteristics [1]
Type	Destroyer escort
Displacement	1,075 long tons (1,092 t) standard 1,350 long tons (1,372 t) full load
Length	91.8 m (301 ft 2 in) pp
Beam	8.5 m (27 ft 11 in)
Draft	3.4 m (11 ft 2 in)
Propulsion	2 shafts 2× Ishikawajima geared steam turbines 2× Ishikawajima/Foster Wheeler boilers 18,000 shp (13,000 kW)
Speed	28 kn (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Complement	193
Sensors and processing systems	Mark 51 fire-control system Mark 63 fire-control system (1959)
Armament	2 × 3"/50 caliber guns 4 × 40 mm AA guns 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar 8 × depth charge throwers (K-guns) 1 × depth charge rack

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.