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

Imperial Japanese Navy

The Imperial Japanese Navy was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1869 until 1947, when it was dissolved following Japan's constitutional renunciation of the use of force as a means of settling international disputes...

 (IJN), developed during the Second World War. The intention was to develop a faster destroyer based on the Akizuki-class

Akizuki class destroyer (1942)

The was one of the primary classes of new destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy after 1942. The IJN called them from their plan name. They were designed to fight larger ships, aircraft and submarines....

. The IJN Technical Department

Imperial Japanese Navy Technical Department

The was the externally operating division of the Ministry of the Navy of Japan responsible for the administration of naval vessel construction. From 1923 onward, it took on the role of a research institution for the research and development of naval technologies and engineering...

 (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 Akizuki class destroyer (1942) The was one of the primary classes of new destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy after 1942. The IJN called them from their plan name. They were designed to fight larger ships, aircraft and submarines....  (Ship # 5061-5076) on 30 June 1942.
	5077 5078 5079 5080 5081 5082 5083	Converted from Super Shimakaze-class Super Shimakaze class destroyer The Super Shimakaze class destroyers were a projected class of destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy , developed during the Second World War. The intention was to develop a mass-production destroyer based on the experimental destroyer Shimakaze. The IJN Fleet Command gave them the project number... , cancelled on 9 June 1944

Books

• Rekishi Gunzo, History of Pacific War Vol.23 Akizuki class destroyers, Gakken
  Gakken
  is a Japanese publishing company founded in 1947 by Hideto Furuoka, which also produces educational toys. Their annual sales is reported at ¥ 821 billion ....
  
  (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