The last four special type destroyers incorporated enough diffrences that they were given a new class name.The primary difference was that these ship only had three boilers,which meant that the forward stack was thinner than group 1 and group II.this was due to new,larger type of boiler,which operated a higher pressure and which produced the same 50,000 SHP with three boilers as earlier ship did with four. the smaller forward funnel became the primary recognition featured for the akatsuki class(or group III) compared to earlier unit.
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because I'm too lazy to make a table on Akatsuki class (although only 4 ships -__-)
This is the destroyer (I do not read Japanese but I can only read the letter A in the last sentence which I believe, may Inazuma)Armament and service modification
The group III destroyer were armed like other special type units.they were completed with shields to their torpedo mounts,unlike ship in earlier groups.in 1936,this ships underwent the same reconstruction at earlier group I and II units to correct the stability problems.when complete ,tonnage was raised to 1,980 tons, which reduced speed to 34 kt.
the class began the war with two 13mm twin mounts positioned in front of the second stack.by late 1943,another twin 13 mm mount was added in front of the bridge to the three surviving units.this was replaced by a twin 25 mm on hibiki and ikazuchi by january 1944.these ship had one of their aft 5in.mounts removed and replaced by two triple 25mm mounts by april 1944,and another two triple 25 mm mount were added between the aft torpedo mounts.the last surviving unit,hibiki,had another 20 single 25mm guns added,as well as a no 22 and 13 radar,before the end of war.
Wartime service
Akatsuki :she participated in the invasion of malaya,the dutch east indies,and later philippines during the first months of the war.she was assigned to the kiska invasion force for the aleutians operation in june 1942 .she arrived in the rabaul area in october 1942 and participated in three transport runs and one sweep mission to guadalcanal .she was involed in the first naval battle of guadalcanal on november 13,1942 during she was sunk by american cruiser and destroyer gunfire.
(sorry i cant give battle map of first guadalcanal because resolutions of photo is to small)
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Hibiki; she participated in the invasion of malaya,the dutch east indies and the later the philippines during the first month of war .she was assigned to the kiska invasion with Akatsuki in june 1942.she was damaged off kiska by air attack on june 12 and forced to return to japan.she subsenquality performed escort operations in the central pacific ,and later participated in evacuation of kiska in july 1943.in june 1944 ,she was involded in the battle of philippine sea.shhe sufferd heavy damage,probaly by mine,on september 6,1944.she returned to service in january 1945 and was damaged again by mine in march.she survived the war and used for reparation ship.in april 1947,she turned over to soviets for the prize of war and rename to pritky(But in other source is vernity I dont know which is true and rename again,and placed near the Pacific port (perhaps on the island shakalin)
Ikazuchi:her first combat operations was supporting the invasion of hong kong in december 1941,during which she participated in the sinking of two british gunboats.she subsequently supported the invasion of the dutch east indies in febuary 1942 and mop-up actions in the philippines in march.she was assigned to the northern force main body for the aleutians operations in june.she arrived at rabaul in october 1942 and participated in three transport runs and sweep mission to guadalcanal.she was part of the first nava battle of guadalcanal on november 13 .she claimed to have sunk american cruiser atlanta with torpedoes;either ikazuchi or inazuma was responsible.she sufferd medium damaged from gunfire and was forced to return to japan for repairs. in febuary 1943,she was assigned to northern waters to participated in the march 26 battle of the komandorski island.she returnedto central pacific to conduct escort duties,and was sunk by the american submarine Harder 200 miles south southeast of guam on april 14,1944 .
Inazuma: with ikazuchi,her first combat operations was to support the invasion of hongkong in december 1941,and she participated in the sinking two british gunboats.she was damaged by a collision on january 20,1942.on march 1, she participated in the action that saw the sinking of british heavy cruiser exeter and american and a british destroyer .inazuma claimed two torpedo hits on exeter.she was assigned to the northern force main body for the aleutians invasion with all three akatsuki class in june.she arrived at truk in october and paticipated in the first naval battle of guadalcanal.on november 14-15,she was involved in the second naval battle of guadalcanal and assisted in the sinking of three american destroyers.later that month,operating out ,she conducted several transport mission to point in the solomons and new guinea.in febuary 1943,she was assigned to northern waterand participated in the battle of komandorski island.she returned to the central pacific to conduct escort duties,and was sunk by the american submarine bonefish near tawi-tawi on may 14,1944(tawi-tawi is near philippines and and into the provinces of the country philippines)
| General characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,750 long tons (1,778 t) |
| Length: | 118.5 m (388 ft 9 in) |
| Beam: | 10.4 m (34 ft 1 in) |
| Draft: | 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft Kampon geared turbines 3 boilers 50,000 hp (37,000 kW) |
| Speed: | 38 knots (44 mph; 70 km/h) |
| Range: | 5,000 nm at 14 knots (9,200 km at 26 km/h) |
| Complement: | 233 |
| Armament: | 6 × Type 3 127 mm 50 caliber naval guns (3 × 2) 2 × Type 93 13mm machine guns (2 × 1) 9 × 610 mm (24 in) torpedo tubes (3 × 3) 18 × Type 91 torpedoes 18 × depth charges |
Armament of inazuma.Hibiki weaponry, Akatsuki and Ikazuchi not much different from this
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