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DD Akizuki
Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Akizuki | 1940/07/-- Maizuru Kaigun Kosho | 1941/07/02 | 1942/06/11 | 1944/10/25
sunk | |
| Namesake: "Autumn Moon" ("podzimní měsíc") | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 42/06/15 | 42/06/1? | escort Zuikaku from kure to Northern Area | 99 | ||
| 42/06/29 | 42/07/06 | escort liner Kamakura Maru from Jokosuka to Makassar | 99 | ||
| 42/07/10 | 42/07/18 | escort liner Kamakura Maru from Makassar to Jokosuka | 99 | ||
| 42/08/13 | 42/08/21 | escort AE Naruto Maru from Jokosuka to Kavieng > Rabaul | 99 | ||
| 42/08/23 | 42/09/0? | KI | StrFor1 | xEasSol | |
| 42/09 | 42/09/29 | 3rdFlt/StrFor1 | patrol N of Solomons | 99 | |
| 42/09/27 | 42/09/30 | sail from Truk to Shortland | 99 | ||
| 42/10/03 | assist Nisshin off Shortland against US aircraft | 99 | |||
| 42/10/07 | escort Nisshin on troop transport run to Guadalcanal - aborted due to weather | 99 | |||
| 42/10/07 | 3rdFlt/DesRon10/DesDiv61 | 99 | |||
| 42/10/08 | TokioEx | escort Nisshin on troop transport run to Guadalcanal | 99 | ||
| 42/10/11 | 42/10/12 | SupGrp | xCape Esperance - escort Nisshin and Citose on troop transport run to Guadalcanal | 99 | |
| 42/10/12 | 42/10/16 | TokioEx/DesRon4/SF | troop transport run to Guadalcanal | 99 | |
| 42/10/17 | TokioEx/CovGrp/FF,GF | led troop transport run to Guadalcanal | 99 | ||
| 42/10/25 | 42/10/26 | 8thFlt/CovGrp/GF | xSCruz - TokioEx - damage(planes) off Guadalcanal | 99 | |
| 42/10/27 | 42/10/31 | Rabaul - repairs (AR Hakkai Maru) | 99 | ||
| 42/11/01 | 42/11/06 | escort Shokaku and Cikuma from Truk to Japan | 99 | ||
| 42/11/06 | 42/12/16 | Jokosuka - repairs | 99 | ||
| 42/12/31 | 43/01/04 | escort Zuikaku from Jokosuka to Truk | 99 | ||
| 43/01/06 | 43/01/11 | DesRon10/DesDiv61/SF | sail from Truk to Rabaul > Shortland | 99 | |
| 43/01/14 | TokioEx/CovGrp/FF,GF | troop transport run to Guadalcanal | 99 | ||
| 43/01/19 | assist damaged AP Mjoho Maru off Shortland - damaged by Nautilus - best speed 20 kts, 14 KIA, 63 WIA | 99 | |||
| 43/01/2? | 43/02/02 | sail from Shortland to Truk | 99 | ||
| 43/02/02 | 43/03/11 | Truk - repairs (AR Akashi) | 99 | ||
| 43/03/11 | 43/03/14 | escort AP Tokio Maru from Truk to Saipan | 99 | ||
| 43/03/14 | disabled leaving Saipan - damaged keel | 99 | |||
| 43/03/15 | towed back to Saipan by PG Shoei Maru and beached | 99 | |||
| 43/03/15 | 43/06 | Saipan - emergency repairs (ARS Macunouri Maru) - bridge and forward turrets removed to lighten ship | 99 | ||
| 43/06/24 | 43/07/02 | towed by AP Shinko Maru from Saipan to Nagasaki | 99 | ||
| 43/06/30 | 43/10/31 | Reserve Ship | 99 | ||
| 43/07/02 | 43/10/31 | Nagasaki - repairs | 99 | ||
| 43/10/31 | 3rdFlt/DesRon10/DesDiv61 | repairs completed | 99 | ||
| 43/11/26 | 43/12/01 | escort Shokaku and Citose from Iwakuni to Truk | 99 | ||
| 43/12/09 | 43/12/11 | supply transport run from Truk to Kwajalein | 99 | ||
| 43/12/11 | 43/12/14 | sail back from Kwajalein to Truk | 99 | ||
| 43/12/30 | 44/01/04 | escort Noshro and Ojodo on troop transport run from Truk to Kavieng (01/10) and back | 99 | ||
| 44/01/01 | attacked by US aircraft | 99 | |||
| 44/01/03 | assist torpedoed AP Kijozumi Maru | 99 | |||
| 44/02/01 | 44/02/03 | escort fleet from Truk to Palau | 99 | ||
| 44/02/16 | 44/02/21 | escort fleet from Palau to Lingga Roads | 99 | ||
| 44/05/12 | 44/05/15 | escort fleet from Lingga to Tawi Tawi | 99 | ||
| 44/06/13 | 44/06/2? | A-Go | ForA/DesRon10/DesDiv61 | xPhilip | 81 86 99 |
| 44/07 | 44/10 | Japan - upkeep, training | 99 | ||
| 44/10/18 | 44/10/25 | MainFor/DesRon11 | xLeyte | 81 | |
| 44/10/25 | MainFor/DesRon11 | xEngano - sunk(TF 38, Halibut) ENE of Cape Engano (20-29N, 126-30E) | 81 85 | ||