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Today is Akatsuki's Birthday!
Akatsuki (暁 Dawn?) [8] was the twenty-first Fubuki-class destroyer, or the lead ship of the Akatsuki class (if that sub-class is regarded as a separate class), built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the inter-war period. When introduced into service, these ships were the most powerful destroyers in the world.[9] They remained formidable weapons systems well into the Pacific War.
Today is Akatsuki's Birthday!
 Empire of Japan | |
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| Name: | Akatsuki |
| Namesake: | Japanese destroyer Yamabiko |
| Ordered: | 1923 Fiscal Year |
| Builder: | Sasebo Naval Arsenal |
| Laid down: | 17 February 1930 |
| Launched: | 7 May 1932 |
| Commissioned: | 30 November 1932 |
| Struck: | 15 December 1942 |
| Fate: | Sunk in action off Guadalcanal, 13 November 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Akatsuki-class destroyer |
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| Length: |
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| Beam: | 10.4 m (34 ft 1 in) |
| Draft: | 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion: | |
| Speed: | 38 knots (44 mph; 70 km/h) |
| Range: | 5,000 nmi (9,300 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h) |
| Complement: | 219 |
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Akatsuki (暁 Dawn?) [8] was the twenty-first Fubuki-class destroyer, or the lead ship of the Akatsuki class (if that sub-class is regarded as a separate class), built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the inter-war period. When introduced into service, these ships were the most powerful destroyers in the world.[9] They remained formidable weapons systems well into the Pacific War.
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