Akebono

Akebono

Akebono

Description

The Akebono-class, Akebono (DE-201) is a premium rank Japanese gunboat with a battle rating of (AB), (RB), and (SB). It was introduced in Update "Raining Fire".

General info

Survivability and armour

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Mobility

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Mobility Characteristics
Game Mode	Upgrade Status	Maximum Speed (km/h)		Turn Time (s)	Turn Radius (m)
		Forward	Reverse
AB	Stock	___	___
	Upgraded
RB/SB	Stock	___	___
	Upgraded

Armament

Primary armament

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Secondary armament

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Special armament

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Additional armament

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Usage in battles

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Modules

Tier	Seakeeping	Unsinkability		Firepower
I	Dry-Docking	Tool Set		76 mm APHE	40 mm HE clips
II	Rudder Replacement	Fire Protection System	Smokescreen	76 mm HE-VT	40 mm AP clips	Auxiliary Armament Targeting
III	Propeller Replacement	Shrapnel Protection	Ventilation	Improved Rangefinder	Depth Charges	Primary Armament Targeting
IV	Engine Maintenance	New Pumps	Ammo Wetting		Bomb mortar
This is a premium vehicle: all modifications are unlocked on purchase

Pros and cons

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History

Devblog

Following the end of WWII, Japan was prohibited from having its own military. However, with the advent of the Cold War in the years following the end of WWII, Japan was once again permitted to raise a small force for self-defense purposes. As a result, the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) was formed in 1954.

However, the newly formed Navy needed new ships to be able to conduct its tasks effectively and to gain experience for the construction of subsequent ships in the future. As a result, already in 1953 plans were being laid down for the construction of three new destroyer escorts, with two seperate designs differing primarily in the propulsion system used. Akebono, as the single ship of the batch to use traditional steam propulsion, was laid down in December 1954 and was commissioned in March 1956, becoming among the first domestically produced Japanese military vessels to enter service after WWII.

Akebono served for  20 years with the JMSDF before being decommissioned in 1976. In 1981, the ship was taken apart from scrap and officially stricken from the naval register in 1986.

Media

• Akebono Devblog Images
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See also

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• reference to the series of the ship;
• links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.

External links

• [Devblog] Akebono destroyer escort

Japan premium ships
Motor torpedo boats	Type T-14 (mod. 1) · Type T-51a
Motor gun boats	Type 4 (Mod 4) · PG 02
Sub-chasers	Type K-8 No.13
Frigates	Akebono
Destroyers	IJN Satsuki · IJN Nenohi · IJN Hayanami · IJN Kiyoshimo · IJN Yuudachi · JDS Yūgure (DD-184)
Light cruisers	IJN Yubari · IJN Mikuma
Heavy cruisers	IJN Myoko
Battleships	IJN Yamashiro