Four Japanese destroyers have been named : , an of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Russo-Japanese War , a of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II , a destroyer escort (or frigate) of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force in 1955 , a that entered into service of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force in 2000 See also Akebono (disambiguation) Imperial Japanese Navy ship names Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ship names Japanese Navy ship names