IJN · DD
AfloatAkizuki-class destroyer built as a flagship for the Escort Fleet. She was completed on 28 December 1944 and ended the war in Japanese waters. She was transferred to the Soviet Navy in 1947 and scrapped in 1969.
| Class | Akizuki class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Builder | Sasebo Naval Arsenal |
| Launched | 1944-08-03 |
| Commissioned | 1944-12-28 |
| Fate | Afloat. Surrendered. Turned over to the Soviet Union on 28 August 1947 and renamed Vnezapny. She served as the training ship Oskol from 1949, the target ship TsL-64 from 1955 and the barracks PKZ-37, and was scrapped in 1969. |
| Armament (class) | Anti-aircraft destroyer. Four twin mounts and one funnel. |
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.
Harutsuki, December 1944. The photograph is from a Russian archive of Russian and Soviet naval ship photographs. Source credit on Commons: Archive of photographs of Russian and Soviet navy ships. Wikimedia Commons File:Harutuki.jpg. Public domain.
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