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Japanese destroyer Akigumo (1941)

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served during the Pacific war in various theatres and by 1943/44 received the typical mid-war radar and AA refits, bringing the light AA outfit finally to four triple and one twin
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anti-aircraft guns in two twin-gun mounts, but more of these guns were added over the course of the war. The ships were also armed with eight 61-centimeter (24 in)
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Tamura, Toshio (2004). "Correcting the Record: New Insights Concerning Japanese Destroyers and Cruisers of World War II".
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in two quadruple traversing mounts; one reload was carried for each tube. Their anti-submarine weapons comprised 16
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mounts, plus some singles, and mounting both the active type 22 and the passive type E-27 radars.
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earlier but failed to do so before Japanese naval forces forced the US ships to withdraw.
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sank the heavily damaged and abandoned American aircraft carrier
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was an escort in the carrier fleet that carried out the 1941
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of 3.76 meters (12 ft 4 in). They displaced 2,065
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class was an enlarged and improved version of the preceding
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Diary of Lieutenant Commander Sadao Chigusa, cited at
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Seven Days of Infamy: Pearl Harbor Across the World
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Index

Japanese destroyer Akigumo

Empire of Japan
Uraga Dock Company
USS Redfin
Kagerō-class
destroyer
long tons
t
knots
12.7 cm (5 in) guns
25 mm (1 in)
AA guns
13.2 mm (0.52 in)
torpedo tubes
depth charges
Kagerō-class
destroyers
Imperial Japanese Navy
Asashio class
overall
beam
draft
metric tons
long tons
standard load
deep load
Kampon
steam turbines
propeller shaft

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