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*Sunk while anchored in Palau on March 30, 1944 during [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Desecrate_One Operation Desecrate One]
*Sunk while anchored in Palau on March 30, 1944 during [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Desecrate_One Operation Desecrate One]
*Salvaged and scrapped in 1954.
*Salvaged and scrapped in 1954.
*Akashi had 17 different factories within her body. Factories included furnance and anvils amongst other things - a moving factory.
*Out of the 779 crew in her, 443 were mechanics, which was not limited to military personnel.
*Had 2 chimneys. The front chimney was used to exhale smoke from the hactories - the one you see around her right arm.
*Had power generation capabilities that rivalled the [[Yamato]] (4800kw) in order to powert her machines.
*Had German machinery loaded, allowing her to have unparalled repairation abilities compared to standard onshore factories. Her ability to repair ships effieicntly was what made her a priority target by the Americans.
==See Also==
==See Also==