Takatsuki 1980
Kikuzuki 1990
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| たかつき [Takatsuki] | DD164 | Ishikawajima-Harima, Tokyo | 8.10.1964 | 7.1.1966 | 15.3.1967 | stricken 8.2002 | |
| きくづき [Kikuzuki] | DD165 | Mitsubishi HI, Nagasaki | 15.3.1966 | 25.3.1967 | 27.3.1968 | stricken 11.2003 | |
| もちづき [Mochizuki] | DD166, 4.1995- ASU7019 | Ishikawajima-Harima, Tokyo | 22.11.1966 | 15.3.1968 | 25.3.1969 | TS 4.1995, stricken 3.1999 | |
| ながつき [Nagatsuki] | DD167 | Mitsubishi HI, Nagasaki | 2.3.1968 | 19.3.1969 | 12.2.1970 | stricken 4.1996 |
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Displacement standard, t |
3100 |
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Displacement full, t |
4500 |
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Length, m |
136.0 |
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Breadth, m |
13.4 |
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Draught, m |
4.40 max |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 sets Mitsubishi geared steam turbines, 2 Mitsubishi CE boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
60000 |
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Max speed, kts |
32 |
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Fuel, t |
oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 7000(20) |
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Armament |
1 x 8 ASROC ASuR (8 RUR-5A), 2 x 1 - 127/54 Mk 42, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 1 x 4 - 375 Type 71 ASWRL, 2 DASH drone helicopters |
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Electronic equipment |
DD164, 165: OPS-11B, OPS-17, SPG-35 radars, SQS-23 sonar, NOLR-6C, OLT-3 ECM suites DD166, 167: OPS-11B, OPS-17, SPG-35 radars, OQS-3 sonar, NOLR-6C, OLT-3 ECM suites |
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Complement |
270 |
Project history: The Takatsuki class have a typical 'American' appearance because of their 127mm guns and ASROC. The ships were designed for the US ASW DASH system, which proved to be unsuccessful and was removed in 1977. Mochizuki and Nagatsuki have a knuckle in the hull sides forward. Kikuzuki is the only unit fitted with fin stabilizers. All units were fitted with gravity davits and telescopic high-line equipment.
Modernizations: 1970, Takatsuki; 1972, Kikuzuki, Mochizuki, Nagatsuki: + SQS-35(J) sonar
1985, Takatsuki: - 1 x 1 - 127/54, 2 DASH helicopters, SQS-23 sonar; + 2 x 4 Harpoon SSM (8 RGM-84C), 1 x 8 Sea Sparrow SAM (16 RIM-7F), FCS-2-12B radar, OQS-3, OQR-1 (SQR-18A TACTASS) sonars, 2x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL, SLQ-25 torpedo decoy
1986, Kikuzuki: - 1 x 1 - 127/54, 2 DASH helicopters, SQS-23 sonar; + 2 x 4 Harpoon SSM (8 RGM-84C), 1 x 8 Sea Sparrow SAM (16 RIM-7F), 1 x 6 - 20/76 Mk 15 Phalanx, FCS-2-12B, Mk 90 radars, OQS-3, OQR-1 (SQR-18A TACTASS) sonars, 2x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL, SLQ-25 torpedo decoy
Naval service: Mochizuki was in 1995 transferred to Fleet Training and Development Command as Special Use Auxiliary (ASU).
Mochizuki 1979
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