Akizuki 2015
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| あきづき [Akizuki] | DD115 | Mitsubishi, Nagasaki | 17.7.2009 | 13.10.2010 | 14.3.2012 | in service (2019) | |
| てるづき [Teruzuki] | DD116 | Mitsubishi, Nagasaki | 2.6.2010 | 15.9.2011 | 7.3.2013 | in service (2019) | |
| すずつき [Suzutsuki] | DD117 | Mitsubishi, Nagasaki | 18.5.2011 | 17.10.2012 | 12.3.2014 | in service (2019) | |
| ふゆづき [Fuyuzuki] | DD118 | Mitsui, Tamano | 14.6.2011 | 22.8.2012 | 13.3.2014 | in service (2019) |
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Displacement standard, t |
5050 |
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Displacement full, t |
6800 |
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Length, m |
151.0 |
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Breadth, m |
17.6 wl 18.3 oa |
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Draught, m |
5.40 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
COGAG: 4 Kawasaki - Rolls-Royce Spey SM-1C gas turbines |
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Power, h. p. |
64000 |
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Max speed, kts |
30 |
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Fuel, t |
gas turbine oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
2 x 4 SSM-4 SSM (8 SSM-4), 1 x 32 x4 ESSM SAM / ASROC ASuR VLS (32 x4 RIM-162 / RUM-139), 1 x 1 - 127/54 Mk 45 mod. 4, 2 x 6 - 20/76 Mk 15 Phalanx Block 1B, 2 x 3 - 324 HOS-303 TT, 1 helicopter (SH-60K Seahawk) |
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Electronic equipment |
OPS-20C, FCS-3A, 2x Mk 90 radars, OQQ-22, OQR-3 sonars, NOLQ-3D, NORC-4B ECM suites, 2x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL, FAJ, MOD torpedo decoys, OYQ-11 CCS |
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Complement |
210 |
Project history: Intended as replacements for the Hatsuyuki-class destroyers. DD115 was funded in FY 07, DD116 in FY 08, 117 and 118 in FY 09. Tasked with ASW and surface screening/escort duties to protect air defense destroyers carrying out the ballistic missile defense role. The class incorporates numerous signature-reduction measures, including a modified mast design. Carries USC-42 UHF SATCOM and the OYQ-11 advanced combat direction system (ACDS).
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
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