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Japan Maritime Self Defense Force / JMSDF
Tachikaze class Guided Missile Destroyer

 
 
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  JDS Asakaze (DDG 169)

 
Ships:
DDG 168 JDS Tachikaze (1976)
 DDG 169 JDS Asakaze (1979)
 DDG 170 JDS Sawakaze (1983)
 
Specifications:
Length: 143 meters
Beam: 14,3 meters
Draft: 4,6 meters
Displacement: 3850 tons (standard) / 4800 tons (full load)
Speed: 32 knots, max. (59 km/h)
Range: ?
Complement: up to 250
 
Propulsion:
6 x geared steam turbines (70000 shp)
 2 shafts / 2 propellers
 
Aviation:
 none
  
 Armament:
1 x Mk-13 single-arm missile launcher for RIM-66 Standard SM-1MR SAM or RGM-84 Harpoon SSM (40 missiles)
2 x Mk-42 5-inch/54-caliber (127mm) guns
1 x Type-74 (Mk-16) launcher for 8 RUR-5 ASROC anti-submarine rockets
2 x Type 68 / HOS-301 (Mk-32) 12,75 inch (324mm) triple torpedo tubes for Mk-46 Torpedoes
 2 x Mk-15 Phalanx Close-in Weapon Systems (CIWS)
tachikaze class destroyer ddg armament mk-13 launcher rim-66 standard sam missile rgm-84 harpoon ssm mk-42 gun mk-16 rur-5 asroc torpedo tubes mk-15 ciws

 
 

 

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JDS Tachikaze (DDG 168)

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  JDS Sawakaze (DDG 170)

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2 Tachikaze class DDG's

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2 Tachikaze class DDG's
 
 
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