Japanese destroyer Akatsuki

Three destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy have been named Akatsuki (暁, ”dawn” or "daybreak"):

• Japanese destroyer Akatsuki (1901), lead ship of the Akatsuki-class destroyer (1901) of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Russo-Japanese War
• Japanese destroyer Akatsuki (1905), lead ship of the Yamabiko-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Russo-Japanese War, formerly Russian destroyer Reshitelny
• Japanese destroyer Akatsuki (1932), a Fubuki-class destroyer or lead ship of the Akatsuki-class destroyer (1931) of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II

See also

• Akatsuki (disambiguation)
• Akatsuki-class destroyer
• Japanese destroyer Akebono
• Japanese destroyer Ariake
• Japanese destroyer Shinonome