
Hatakaze 2000
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate | 
| はたかぜ [Hatakaze] | DDG171 | Mitsubishi, Nagasaki | 20.5.1983 | 9.11.1984 | 27.3.1986 | in service (2019) | |
| しまかぜ [Shimakaze] | DDG172 | Mitsubishi, Nagasaki | 13.1.1985 | 30.1.1987 | 23.3.1988 | in service (2019) | 
| Displacement standard, t | 4650 | 
| Displacement full, t | 5600 | 
| Length, m | 143.0 pp 150.0 oa | 
| Breadth, m | 16.4 | 
| Draught, m | 4.80 hull | 
| No of shafts | 2 | 
| Machinery | COGAG: 2 Rolls-Royce Olympus TM-3D gas turbines + 2 Rolls-Royce Spey SM-1A gas turbines | 
| Power, h. p. | 49400 + 26650 = 72000 | 
| Max speed, kts | 30 | 
| Fuel, t | gas turbine oil | 
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 6000(20) | 
| Armament | 2 x 4 Harpoon SSM (8 RGM-84), 1 x 1 Standard SM-1MR SAM (40 RIM-66), 1 x 8 ASROC ASuR (8 RUR-5), 2 x 1 - 127/54 Mk 42 mod. 7, 2 x 6 - 20/76 Mk 15 Phalanx, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2 x 3 - 324 type 68 TT, helicopter deck | 
| Electronic equipment | OPS-28B, OPS-11C, SPS-52C, 2x SPG-51C, 2x FCS-2-21C, 2x Mk 90 radars, OQS-4 mod. 1 sonar, NOLQ-1-3, OLR-9B ECM suites, 2x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL, SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy, OYQ-4-1 CCS | 
| Complement | 260 | 
Project history: First unit ordered under 1981 budget, second under 1983 programme. A third unit was requested in 1985 but refused. Although both fitted with helicopter platform (HHS-2 or Sea Hawk operated), they have no hangar. They provide AAW defence for Escort Flotillas to which they are allocated
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.

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