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Akishimo

IJN Akishimo

Sunk

Imperial Japanese Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassYūgumo
WarSecond World War
Main guns6 × 127 mm (5.0 in)/50 cal dual-purpose guns, up to 28 × Type 96 25 mm (0.98 in) anti-aircraft cannons, up to 4 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) AA machine guns, 8 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes, 36 depth charges

Sunk by US carrier aircraft in Manila Bay on 13 November 1944.

Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Akishimo, Yugumo-class, under construction at Fujinagata Shipyard, Osaka, Japan. Photo: Fujinagata Shipyard or Imperial Japanese Navy., Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 6 × 127 mm (5.0 in)/50 cal dual-purpose guns, up to 28 × Type 96 25 mm (0.98 in) anti-aircraft cannons, up to 4 × 13.2 mm (0.52 in) AA machine guns, 8 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes, 36 depth charges
BuilderFujinagata Shipyards, Osaka
Laid down3 May 1943
Launched5 December 1943
Displacement2,520 long tons (2,560 t)
Length119.15 m (390 ft 11 in)
Speed35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Complement228

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

She isn't listed in any of the fleet actions covered here.

Launched

5 December 1943