Asahi 1960
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| あさひ [Asahi] (ex-Amick) | DE262 | 284 | Federal, Newark, USA | 1.1943 | 27.5.1943 | 7/1943 // 14.6.1955 | discarded 6.1975 |
| はつひ [Hatsuhi] (ex-Atherton) | DE263 | 285 | Federal, Newark, USA | 1.1943 | 27.5.1943 | 8/1943 // 14.6.1955 | discarded 6.1975 |
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Displacement standard, t |
1253 |
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Displacement full, t |
1602 |
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Length, m |
91.4 wl 93.3 oa |
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Breadth, m |
11.2 |
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Draught, m |
3.20 full load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
4 General Motors diesel-generators, 2 electric motors |
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Power, h. p. |
6000 |
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Max speed, kts |
21 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 320 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 11500 (11) |
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Armament |
3 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 21, 3 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 8 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (120) |
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Electronic equipment |
SC, SL radars, QGA sonar |
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Complement |
186 |
Project history: Former USN Cannon class destroyer escorts, transferred under MDAP and returned to USA in 1975.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
Asahi 1972
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
© Ivan Gogin, 2016