Japanese destroyer Akebono

Four Japanese destroyers have been named Akebono (曙 / あけぼの):


 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Akebono, an Ikazuchi-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Russo-Japanese War
 * JAPANESE DESTROYER Akebono, a Fubuki-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II
 * JDS Akebono (DE-201), a destroyer escort (or frigate) of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force in 1956
 * JS Akebono (DD-108), a Murasame-class destroyer (1994) that entered into service of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force in 2002