Super Akizuki-class destroyer

Class overview
Name	Super Akizuki class
Operators	Imperial Japanese Navy
Preceded by	Akizuki class Super Shimakaze class
Planned	16 (1941) + 7 (1942)
Cancelled	23
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	3,030 tons standard; 3,580 tons trial
Length	440 ft 3 in (134.19 m) (overall)
Beam	39 ft 4 in (11.99 m)
Draught	13 ft 7 in (4.14 m)
Depth	23 ft 9 in (7.24 m)
Speed	36.7 knots (68.0 km/h)
Range	8,000 nmi (15,000 km) at 18 kn (33 km/h)
Armament	4 × 2 3.9 in (100 mm) / 65 cal 10 cm/65 Type 98 naval guns DP guns Some Type 96 25 mm AA guns 5 or 6 × 24 in (610 mm) Type 93 torpedoes Depth charges

The Super Akizuki-class destroyer (超秋月型駆逐艦 or 改秋月型駆逐艦, Chō Akizuki-class or Kai Akizuki-class) were a projected class of destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN), developed during the Second World War. The intention was to develop a faster destroyer based on the Akizuki class. The IJN Technical Department (艦政本部, Kansei-hombu) gave them the project number V7. However, the project was cancelled with none of the proposed ships being completed, because of the continued Japanese defeats.

Ships in class

Ship	Ship #	Note
16 destroyers	770 to 785	Re-planned to 16 of Akizuki class (Ship # 5061-5076) on 30 June 1942.
Kitakaze (北風) Hayakaze (早風) Natsukaze (夏風) Fuyukaze (冬風) Hatsunatsu (初夏) Hatsuaki (初秋) Hayaharu (早春)	5077 5078 5079 5080 5081 5082 5083	Converted from Super Shimakaze class, cancelled on 9 June 1944

Books

• Rekishi Gunzo, History of Pacific War Vol.23 Akizuki class destroyers, Gakken (Japan), 1999, ISBN 4-05-602063-9
• The Maru Special, Japanese Naval Vessels No.19 Destroyer Asashio class/Akizuki class, Ushio Shobō (Japan), 1978, Book code 8343-7
• Collection of writings by Sizuo Fukui Vol.5, Stories of Japanese Destroyers, Kōjinsha (Japan) 1993, ISBN 4-7698-0611-6