Published May 7th, 2017, 5/7/17 2:34 pm
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The Akizuki-class destroyers (秋月型駆逐艦 Akizuki-gata Kuchikukan) were one of the primary classes of new destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) after 1942. The IJN called them Type-B Destroyer (乙型駆逐艦, Otsu-gata Kuchikukan) from their plan name. They were designed to fight smaller ships, aircraft and submarines.
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Empire of Japan | |
Name: | Akizuki |
Builder: | Maizuru Naval Arsenal |
Laid down: | 30 July 1940 |
Launched: | 2 July 1941 |
Completed: | 11 June 1942 |
Commissioned: | 11 June 1942, Yokosuka Chinjufu |
Struck: | 10 December 1944 |
Fate: | Sunk in action 25 October 1944 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Akizuki-class destroyer |
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Length: | 134.2 m (440 ft 3 in) |
Beam: | 11.6 m (38 ft 1 in) |
Draft: | 4.15 m (13 ft 7 in) |
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Speed: | 33 knots (38 mph; 61 km/h) |
Range: | 8,300 nmi (15,400 km) at 18 kn (21 mph; 33 km/h) |
Complement: | 263 |
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