- World War Two
- Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN)
- 1st Akatsuki-class destroyers (Total 4) / 21st Fubuki-class destroyers (Total 24)
- Second Sino-Japanese War [1937] - with sister ships Inazuma (電), Hibiki (響) & Ikazuchi (雷).
- Battle of Malaya [8 December 1941 ~ 31 January 1942]
- Invasion of the Netherlands East Indies [14 February 1942 ~ 28 March 1942]
- Aleutians campaign [3 June 1942] - towing the damaged Hibiki back to Chishima Islands.
- [late July 1942] - escort for the new aircraft carriers Zuihō & Unyō to Truk.
- "Tokyo Express” [October 1942] - high speed transport runs from Tokyo to the Solomon Islands.
- [25 October 1942] - conducted a daylight raid off Guadalcanal, with Ikazuchi & Shiratsuyu
- Naval Battle of Guadalcanal [12~13 November 1942] - Akatsuki was sunk by US destroyers and cruisers on 13 November 1942.
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