IJN · DD
SunkLead ship of the Akizuki class, built as an anti-aircraft escort. She was torpedoed by USS Nautilus in January 1943 and rebuilt with a stub bow cut from her unfinished sister Shimotsuki. She was sunk at Cape Engano on 25 October 1944.
| Class | Akizuki class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Builder | Maizuru Naval Arsenal |
| Launched | 1941-07-02 |
| Commissioned | 1942-06-11 |
| Fate | Sunk. Lost on 25 October 1944 off Cape Engano in the first American air strikes on Ozawa's Northern Force. Most sources credit aircraft of Task Force 38. Some credit the submarine USS Halibut, which the timing rules out. |
| Armament (class) | Anti-aircraft destroyer. Four twin mounts and one funnel. |
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.
Akizuki on her trial run off Miyazu Bay, 17 May 1942. Photo from the Kure Maritime Museum's destroyer album (Todaka, ed.). Wikimedia Commons File:Akizuki.jpg. Public domain.
The pictures on this page are the originals.
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Command
Battle of the Eastern Solomons
1942-08-24 · with the escort of Nagumo's Striking Force; not sunk
Battle of the Philippine Sea
1944-06-19 · in the screen of Carrier Division 1 with Taiho, Shokaku and Zuikaku; not sunk
Battle off Cape Engaño
1944-10-25 · sunk by carrier aircraft. Not credited to one ship
Shot and shell
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