Four Japanese destroyers have been named Akebono (曙 / あけぼの, " dawn" or "daybreak"):

• Japanese destroyer Akebono (1899), an Ikazuchi-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Russo-Japanese War
• Japanese destroyer Akebono (1930), 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

• Akebono (disambiguation)

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