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Shimakaze 2008

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
はたかぜ [Hatakaze]	DDG171		Mitsubishi, Nagasaki	20.5.1983	9.11.1984	27.3.1986	in service (2019)
しまかぜ [Shimakaze]	DDG172		Mitsubishi, Nagasaki	13.1.1985	30.1.1987	23.3.1988	in service (2019)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	4650
Displacement full, t	5600
Length, m	143.0 pp 150.0 oa
Breadth, m	16.4
Draught, m	4.80 hull
No of shafts	2
Machinery	COGAG: 2 Rolls-Royce Olympus TM-3D gas turbines + 2 Rolls-Royce Spey SM-1A gas turbines
Power, h. p.	49400 + 26650 = 72000
Max speed, kts	30
Fuel, t	gas turbine oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	6000(20)
Armament	2 x 4 Harpoon SSM (8 RGM-84), 1 x 1 Standard SM-1MR SAM (40 RIM-66), 1 x 8 ASROC ASuR (8 RUR-5), 2 x 1 - 127/54 Mk 42 mod. 7, 2 x 6 - 20/76 Mk 15 Phalanx, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2 x 3 - 324 type 68 TT, helicopter deck
Electronic equipment	OPS-28B, OPS-11C, SPS-52C, 2x SPG-51C, 2x FCS-2-21C, 2x Mk 90 radars, OQS-4 mod. 1 sonar, NOLQ-1-3, OLR-9B ECM suites, 2x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL, SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy, OYQ-4-1 CCS
Complement	260

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Project history

First unit ordered under 1981 budget, second under 1983 programme. A third unit was requested in 1985 but refused. Although both fitted with helicopter platform (HHS-2 or Sea Hawk operated), they have no hangar. They provide AAW defence for Escort Flotillas to which they are allocated

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.