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Akebono 1972

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
あけぼの [Akebono]	DE201		Ishikawajima Jukogyo, Kobe	10.12.1954	30.10.1955	20.3.1956	hulk 3.1976

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1075
Displacement full, t	1350
Length, m	91.8 oa 89.5 pp
Breadth, m	8.50
Draught, m	3.40 max
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 sets Ishikawajima geared steam turbines, 2 Ishikawajima / Foster Wheeler boilers
Power, h. p.	18000
Max speed, kts	28
Fuel, t	oil 212
Endurance, nm(kts)	4300(16)
Armament	2 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 22, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 15 ASWRL, 8 DCT, 1 DCR
Electronic equipment	OPS-2, OPS-3 radars, QHBa, QDA sonars
Complement	193

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Project history

Akebono was authorized under the 1953 Programme as one of three 'B type' escort vessels. She was built with geared turbines and her near-sisters, Ikazuchi and Inazuma with diesels. There were many differences between the two designs, the most noticeable being Akebono's twin funnels in contrast to the one funnnel of the near-sisters. All weapons and electronics were US produced.

Modernizations 3.

1959: - 2 x 1 - 76/50, 1 x 2 - 40/60, 4 DCT, 1 DCR; + 2 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 34, Mk 34 radar

Naval service

No significant events.