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 (44 mph; 70 km/h)
Range	5,000 nm at 14 knots; (9,200 km at 26 km/h);
Complement	233
Armament	6 × Type 3 127 mm 50 caliber naval guns (3 × 2); 2 × Type 93 13mm machine guns (2 × 1); 9 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes (3 × 3); 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. 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.

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