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.

Name: Akatsuki
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
Displacement:
1,750 long tons (1,780 t) standard
2,050 long tons (2,080 t) re-built
Length:
111.96 m (367.3 ft) pp
115.3 m (378 ft) waterline
118.41 m (388.5 ft) overall
Beam: 10.4 m (34 ft 1 in)
Draft: 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
Propulsion:
4 × Kampon type boilers
2 × Kampon Type Ro geared turbines
2 × shafts at 50,000 ihp (37,000 kW)
Speed: 38 knots (44 mph; 70 km/h)
Range: 5,000 nmi (9,300 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement: 219
Armament:
6 × Type 3 127 mm 50 caliber naval guns[1][2]
up to 28 × Type 96 25 mm AT/AA Gun[3][4]
up to 10 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in)/76 cal. Type 93 AA guns[5][6]
9 × 24 in (610 mm) torpedo tubes for Type 93 torpedoes[7]
36 depth charges