Akizuki 1960 class Destroyer Japan Maritime Self Defense Force

Japan Maritime Self Defense Force / JMSDF
Akizuki (1960) class Destroyer

akizuki class destroyer japan maritime self defense force jmsdf

akizuki class 1960 destroyer japan maritime self defense force jds teruzuki mitsubishi navy

Ships:

DD 161 JDS Akizuki (1960)
DD 162 JDS Teruzuki (1960)

Specifications:

Length: 118 meters

Beam: 12 meters

Draft: 4 meters
Displacement: 2350 tons (standard) / 2900 tons (full load)

Speed: 32 knots, max. (60 km/h)

Range: ?

Complement: 330

Propulsion:

4 x boilers
2 x steam turbines (45000 shp)
2 shafts / 2 propellers

Armament:
3 x 5-inch/54-caliber (127mm) single guns
2 x 3-inch/50-caliber (76mm) twin guns
1 x Mk-108 Weapon Alfa 375mm ASW mortar or 1 x Bofors M/50 375mm multiple ASW rocket launcher
2 x 21-inch (533mm) twin torpedo tubes
4 x depth charge racks
2 x Hedgehog Anti-Submarine mortars

Ship data

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DD 161 JDS Akizuki

builder: Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Japan

laid down: July 31, 1958

launched: June 26, 1959

commissioned: February 13, 1960

reclassified to auxilary vessel ASU-7010 in 1985

decommissioned: December 7, 1993

DD 162 JDS Teruzuki

builder: Mitsubishi, Kobe, Japan

laid down: August 15, 1958

launched: June 24, 1959

commissioned: February 29, 1960

reclassified to auxilary vessel ASU-7012 in 1986

reclassified to training vessel TV-3504 in 1987

decommissioned: September 27, 1993

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