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

Japanese naval ship classes of World War II

Imperial Japanese Navy

Aircraft carriers

Akagi^SC
Kaga^SC
Sōryū^S
Hiryū^S
Shōkaku
Hiyō^C
Taihō^S
Unryū
Shinano^SC

Light aircraft carriers

Hōshō^S
Ryūjō^S
Zuihō^C
Ryūhō^SC
Chitose^C
Ibuki^SCI

Escort carriers

Taiyō^C
Kaiyō^SC
Shin'yō^SC
Shimane Maru^C

Battleships

Kawachi
Kongō
Fusō
Ise
Nagato
Yamato
Design A-150^X

Heavy cruisers

Furutaka
Aoba
Myōkō
Takao
Mogami^L
Tone
Ibuki^I

Armored cruisers

Asama^S
Yakumo^S
Izumo

Light cruisers

Tenryū
Kuma
Nagara
Yūbari^S
Sendai
Katori
Agano
Ōyodo^S
Ioshima

Protected cruisers

Yodo
Chikuma

Destroyers

1st class

Minekaze
Kamikaze
Mutsuki

Type Special	Fubuki Ayanami Akatsuki

Hatsuharu
Shiratsuyu
Asashio

Type A	Kagerō Yūgumo
Type B	Akizuki Fuyutsuki Michitsuki^S Super Akizuki^X
Type C	Shimakaze^S Super Shimakaze^X
Type D	Matsu Tachibana

2nd class

Momo
Momi
Wakatake

Torpedo boats

Chidori
Ōtori

Escort ships
(Kaibōkan)

Type A	Shimushu Etorofu (A Kai)
Type B	Mikura Hiburi (B bis) Ukuru (B Kai)
Type C	Number 1
Type D	Number 2

Ioshima^C

Submarines

1st class

Kaidai Type	I-51 (KD1) I-152 (KD2) I-153 (KD3) I-162 (KD4) I-165 (KD5) I-168 (KD6) I-176 (KD7)
Junsen Type	I-1 (J1) I-5 (J1 Kai)^S I-6 (J2)^S I-7 (J3)
Junsen Type A	I-9 (A1) I-12 (A Kai 1)^S I-13 (A Kai 2)
Junsen Type B	I-15 (B) I-40 (B Kai 1) I-54 (B Kai 2)
Junsen Type C	I-16 (C) I-52 (C Kai)
Type D/Sen'yu	I-361 (D) I-372 (D Kai)^S I-373 (D2)

I-121 (Kiraisen Type)
I-351 (Senho Type)^S
I-201 (Sentaka-Dai Type)
I-400 (Sentoku Type)
I-501^S
I-502^S
I-503^S
I-504^S
I-505^S
I-506^S

2nd class

Kaichū Type	Ro-11 (K1) Ro-13 (K2) Ro-16 (K3) Ro-26 (K4) Ro-29 (K5/Toku-Chū) Ro-33 (K6) Ro-35 (K7/Sen-Chū)
Type L	Ro-51 (L1) Ro-53 (L2) Ro-57 (L3) Ro-60 (L4)

Ro-100 (Sen-Shō Type)
Ha-101 (Sen'yu-Shō Type)
Ha-201 (Sentaka-Shō Type)
Ro-500^S
Ro-501^S

Midget

Kō-hyōteki

Kairyū

Kaiten (suicide torpedo)

Submarine tenders

Komahashi^SC
Taigei^S
Jingei

Seaplane tenders

Notoro^SC
Kamoi^SC
Chitose
Mizuho^S
Nisshin^S
Akitsushima^S
Kamikawa Maru^C

Gunboats

Ocean	Saga^S Ataka^S Hashidate Okitsu^S
River	Toba^S Seta Atami Fushimi Kotaka^S Karatsu^S Maiko^S Narumi^S Suma^S Tatara^S

Small craft

Toku Daihatsu (landing craft)
Shin'yō (suicide boat)

Imperial Japanese Army

Escort carriers

Yamashio Maru^SC

Landing craft carriers

Shinshū Maru^S

Type C	Akitsu Maru^SC Nigitsu Maru^SC
M Type C	Kumano Maru^SC Tokitsu Maru ^SCI
Type A	Mayasan Maru ^SC Tamatsu Maru^SC
M Type A	Kibitsu Maru ^SC Hyugū Maru ^SC Settsu Maru ^SC
Type B	Takatsu Maru^S

Submarines

Maru Yu

Small craft

Daihatsu (landing craft)
Sōkōtei (armored gunboat)

S: Single ship in class C: Converted to ship type L: Officially classed as light cruisers until 1939 refits I: Incomplete until the end of the war X: Cancelled
Japanese transcription: class/type (型, "Gata"), (re)model/mark (改, "Kai"), A (甲, "Kō"), B (乙, "Otsu"), C (丙, "Hei"), D (丁, "Tei")