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

 

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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
unit: data:
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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