page_title: Japanese repair ship Akashi
section_title: Fate
hierarchical_section_title: Japanese repair ship Akashi / Fate
caption_attribution_description: English: Repair ship Akashi burning as the result of US carrier aircraft attack, Palau Islands, 30 March 1944
context_page_description: Akashi was a Japanese repair ship, serving during World War II. She was the only specifically designed repair ship operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy. The navy based her design on the US Navy's USS Medusa.
context_section_description: On 30 March 1944, while anchored off Urukthapel in the Palau Islands, Akashi was hit numerous times by bombs and rockets from American aircraft from Task Group 58, during Operation Desecrate One. She was sunk in shallow water with her bridge still remaining above the water.
caption: Akashi under attack on 30 March 1944 at Palau
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