Quadruple torpedo tubes and fifty-six depth charges accompanied Akizuki's dual-purpose battery. The class received air-search radar early and offered task groups protection against several kinds of threat. That combination supports the favourable assessment of the design as a foundation for a larger destroyer force. Its operational value still depended on ordering and completing enough ships to provide the required screening.
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Akizuki's weapons and radar for task-group screening
The combination of torpedoes, depth charges and air-search radar made Akizuki attractive for screening against several threats.