page_title: Akatsuki-class destroyer (1931)
hierarchical_section_title: Akatsuki-class destroyer (1931)
caption_attribution_description: English: The Ikazuchi, one of the Akatsuki-class destroyers, in Chinese waters, circa 1938.
context_page_description: The Akatsuki-class destroyer was a class of four destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. According to most sources, they are regarded as a sub-class of the Fubuki class, partly because the Imperial Japanese Navy itself kept the improvements made a secret, and did not officially designate these four destroyers as a separate class.
context_section_description: The Akatsuki-class destroyer (暁型駆逐艦, Akatsuki-gata kuchikukan) was a class of four destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy.  According to most sources, they are regarded as a sub-class of the Fubuki class, partly because the Imperial Japanese Navy itself kept the improvements made a secret, and did not officially designate these four destroyers as a separate class.
caption: Ikazuchi in Chinese waters, circa 1938
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