Super Akizuki-class destroyer

Class overview
Name: Super Akizuki class
Operators:  Imperial Japanese Navy
Preceded by:
Planned: 16 (1941) + 7 (1942)
Cancelled: 23
General characteristics
Type: Destroyer
Displacement:
  • 3,030 tons standard;
  • 3,580 tons trial
Length: 440 ft 3 in (134.19 m) (overall)
Beam: 39 ft 4 in (11.99 m)
Draught: 13 ft 7 in (4.14 m)
Depth: 23 ft 9 in (7.24 m)
Speed: 36.7 knots (68.0 km/h)
Range: 8,000 nmi (15,000 km) at 18 kn (33 km/h)
Armament:

The Super Akizuki-class destroyer (超秋月型駆逐艦 or 改秋月型駆逐艦, Chō Akizuki-class or Kai Akizuki-class) were a projected class of destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), developed during the Second World War. The intention was to develop a faster destroyer based on the Akizuki class. The IJN Technical Department (艦政本部, Kansei-hombu) gave them the project number V7. However, the project was cancelled with none of the proposed ships being completed, because of the continued Japanese defeats.

Ships in class

Ship Ship # Note
16 destroyers 770 to 785 Re-planned to 16 of Akizuki class (Ship # 5061-5076) on 30 June 1942.
Kitakaze (北風)
Hayakaze (早風)
Natsukaze (夏風)
Fuyukaze (冬風)
Hatsunatsu (初夏)
Hatsuaki (初秋)
Hayaharu (早春)
5077
5078
5079
5080
5081
5082
5083
Converted from Super Shimakaze class, cancelled on 9 June 1944

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