Akizuki 1960
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| あきづき [Akizuki] | DD161, 3.1985- ASU7010 | Mitsubishi Zosen, Nagasaki | 31.7.1958 | 26.6.1959 | 13.2.1960 | TS 3.1985, stricken 12.1993 | |
| てるづき [Teruzuki] | DD162, 3.1985- ASU7012, 7.1987- TV3504 | Shin Mitsubishi Jyuko, Kobe | 15.8.1958 | 24.6.1959 | 29.2.1960 | TS 3.1985, stricken 9.1993 |
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Displacement standard, t |
2388 |
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Displacement full, t |
2890 |
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Length, m |
118.0 oa 115.0 pp |
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Breadth, m |
12.0 |
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Draught, m |
4.00 light |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
DD161: 2 sets Mitsubishi-Escher Weiss geared steam turbines, 4 Mitsubishi CE boilers DD162: 2 sets Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 4 Mitsubishi CE boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
45000 |
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Max speed, kts |
32 |
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Fuel, t |
oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
3 x 1 - 127/54 Mk 39, 2 x 2 - 76/50 Mk 33, 1 x 4 - 533 TT (8), 2 - 483 TT, 1 x 1 - 324 Mk 108 Weapon Alfa ASWRL, 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 15 ASWRL, 2 DCT |
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Electronic equipment |
OPS-1, OPS-15, SPG-34, SPG-35 radars, SQS-23 sonar, BLR-1 ECM suite |
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Complement |
330 |
Project history: The Akizuki class were built under the US Military Aid Programme and carried the 127mm/54 guns as in the Murasames. They featured a long forecastle hull and were designed as flotilla leaders. Weapon Alfa, an ASW mortar developed in the US, proved to be unsatisfactory.
Modernizations: 1967, Teruzuki; 1968, Akizuki: + OQA-1 sonar
1977, Teruzuki; 1979, Akizuki: - 2 - 483 TT, 1 x 1 - 324 Mk 108 Weapon Alfa ASWRL, SQS-23 sonar; + 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 1 x 4 - 375 type 71 ASWRL, SQS-29 sonar
1985, both: - 1 x 4 - 533 TT, OQA-1 sonar
1989, Akizuki: - 1 x 1 - 127/54 (No3); + trial towed sonar array
Naval service: All ships were later transferred to Fleet Training and Development Command as Special Use Auxiliaries (ASU).
Teruzuki 1978
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