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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.
| History | |
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| 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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