JDS Akebono (DE-201)
{{Other ships|Japanese destroyer Akebono}}
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}} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = JS Akebono (DE-201).jpg | Ship caption = JDS Akebono (DE-201) }} {{Infobox ship class overview | Class after = {{sclass|Ikazuchi|destroyer escort|4}} | Class before = {{sclass|Asahi|destroyer escort|4}} }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = Japan | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Japan|naval}} | Ship name = *Akebono
| Ship namesake = | Ship awarded = | Ship builder = Ishikawajima-Harima HI | Ship laid down = 10 December 1954 | Ship launched = 30 October 1955 | Ship acquired = | Ship commissioned = 20 March 1956 | Ship decommissioned = 1976 | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship struck = 1981 | Ship honors = | Ship fate = | Ship status = | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Ship type = Destroyer escort | Ship displacement = *{{convert|1075|LT|t|0|lk=in|abbr=on}} standard
| Ship length = {{convert|91.8|m|ftin|abbr=on}} pp | Ship beam = {{convert|8.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship draft = {{convert|3.4|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship propulsion = *2 shafts
| Ship speed = {{convert|28|kn|abbr=on}} | Ship complement = 193 | Ship sensors = *Mark 51 fire-control system
| Ship armament = *2 × 3"/50 caliber guns
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JDS Akebono (DE-201) was a destroyer escort (or frigate) of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. Akebono was one of the first indigenous Japanese warships to be built following World War II. Akebono was laid down in 1954 as a steam turbine powered "B type" ASW escort, the only ship of its class, for comparison with two similar diesel powered ships, the {{sclass|Ikazuchi|destroyer escort|2}}s. Akebono entered service in 1956 and remained in use until 1976.
Design and construction
The Japanese Marine Safety Force (later to become the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force) authorised the purchase of three "B type" escort vessels as part of the Financial Year 1953 programme.{{#tag:ref|Two "A type" destroyers were also ordered as part of the FY 1953 programme.Gardiner and Chesneau 1995, p. 223.|group=nb}} Of the three ships, two of which were to be powered by diesel engines (the Ikazuchi class) and the third by steam turbines, to be called Akebono.Gardiner and Chesneau 1995, p. 231.
The equipment of the three escorts was similar, with two American 3"/50 caliber gun guns, four 40 mm Bofors guns, a Hedgehog anti-submarine projector and eight K-gun depth charge launchers. Akebono had a twin-shaft machinery installation, with geared steam turbines producing {{convert|18000|shp|kW|lk=in}} which could propel the ship at a top speed of {{convert|28|kn}} compared with the {{convert|25|kn}} of the less powerful Ikazuchi class.
Akebono was laid down at the Ishikawajima Tokyo shipyard on 10 December 1954. She was launched on 15 October 1955 and completed on 20 March 1956.Blackman 1960, p. 212.
Operations
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Citations
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References
- Blackman, Raymond V. B. Jane's Fighting Ships 1960–61. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 1960.
- Gardiner, Robert and Stephen Chumbley. Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press, 1995. {{ISBN|1-55750-132-7}}.
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