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Akizuki

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
あきづき [Akizuki]	DD115		Mitsubishi, Nagasaki	17.7.2009	13.10.2010	14.3.2012	in service (2019)
てるづき [Teruzuki]	DD116		Mitsubishi, Nagasaki	2.6.2010	15.9.2011	7.3.2013	in service (2019)
すずつき [Suzutsuki]	DD117		Mitsubishi, Nagasaki	18.5.2011	17.10.2012	12.3.2014	in service (2019)
ふゆづき [Fuyuzuki]	DD118		Mitsui, Tamano	14.6.2011	22.8.2012	13.3.2014	in service (2019)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	5050
Displacement full, t	6800
Length, m	151.0
Breadth, m	17.6 wl 18.3 oa
Draught, m	5.40
No of shafts	2
Machinery	COGAG: 4 Kawasaki - Rolls-Royce Spey SM-1C gas turbines
Power, h. p.	64000
Max speed, kts	30
Fuel, t	gas turbine oil
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 4 SSM-4 SSM (8 SSM-4), 1 x 32 x4 ESSM SAM / ASROC ASuR VLS (32 x4 RIM-162 / RUM-139), 1 x 1 - 127/54 Mk 45 mod. 4, 2 x 6 - 20/76 Mk 15 Phalanx Block 1B, 2 x 3 - 324 HOS-303 TT, 1 helicopter (SH-60K Seahawk)
Electronic equipment	OPS-20C, FCS-3A, 2x Mk 90 radars, OQQ-22, OQR-3 sonars, NOLQ-3D, NORC-4B ECM suites, 2x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL, FAJ, MOD torpedo decoys, OYQ-11 CCS
Complement	210

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Project history

Intended as replacements for the Hatsuyuki-class destroyers. DD115 was funded in FY 07, DD116 in FY 08, 117 and 118 in FY 09. Tasked with ASW and surface screening/escort duties to protect air defense destroyers carrying out the ballistic missile defense role. The class incorporates numerous signature-reduction measures, including a modified mast design. Carries USC-42 UHF SATCOM and the OYQ-11 advanced combat direction system (ACDS).

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.