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TACHIKAZE missile destroyers (1976 - 1982)


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Asakaze 1980

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
たちかぜ [Tachikaze] DDG168   Mitsubishi, Nagasaki 19.6.1973 17.12.1974 26.3.1976 stricken 1.2007
あさかぜ [Asakaze] DDG169   Mitsubishi, Nagasaki 27.5.1976 15.10.1977 27.3.1979 stricken 3.2008
さわかぜ [Sawakaze] DDG170   Mitsubishi, Nagasaki 14.9.1979 4.6.1981 30.3.1983 stricken 6.2010


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

3850
Displacement full, t

4800
Length, m

143.0
Breadth, m

14.3
Draught, m

4.60 max
No of shafts

2
Machinery

2 sets Mitsubishi geared steam turbines, 2 Mitsubishi boilers
Power, h. p.

70000
Max speed, kts

32
Fuel, t

oil
Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

168, 169: 1 x 1 Standard SM-1MR SAM (40 RIM-66), 1 x 8 ASROC ASuR (16 RUR-5), 2 x 1 - 127/54 Mk 42, 2 x 3 - 324 type 68 TT

170: 1 x 1 Harpoon SSM / Standard SM-1MR SAM (4 RGM-84, 36 RIM-66), 1 x 8 ASROC ASuR (16 RUR-5), 2 x 1 - 127/54 Mk 42, 2 x 3 - 324 type 68 TT
Electronic equipment

168: OPS-16D, SPS-52B, SPG-51C, FCS-1A radars, OQS-3 sonar, NOLR-5 ECM suite, SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy, OYQ-1 CCS

169: OPS-11, OPS-18, SPS-52B, SPG-51C, FCS-1A radars, OQS-3 sonar, NOLQ-1 ECM suite, 4x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL, SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy, OYQ-2 CCS

170: OPS-11, OPS-28, SPS-52C, SPG-51C, FCS-2-21 radars, OQS-4(I) sonar, NOLR-5 ECM suite, 4x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL, SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy, OYQ-4 CCS
Complement

277


Standard scale images


<i>Tachikaze </i>1980
Tachikaze 1980
<i>Tachikaze </i>2000
Tachikaze 2000


Graphics


<i>Asakaze </i>1980
Asakaze 1980
<i>Sawakaze </i>2003
Sawakaze 2003
<i>Tachikaze </i>2003
Tachikaze 2003


Project history

The Tachikaze class greatly improved the MSDFs anti-aircraft capabilities. The ships were fitted with progressively more advanced combat data systems. The propulsion plant was identical with that fitted in the Haruna class.

Modernizations

1980, Tachikaze: + OPS-11 radar

1984, Tachikaze, Asakaze: - 1 x 1 Standard SM-1MR SAM (40 RIM-66); + 1 x 1 Harpoon SSM / Standard SM-1MR SAM (4 RGM-84, 36 RIM-66), 2 x 6 - 20/76 Mk 15 Phalanx, 2x Mk 90 radars, OLR-9B ECM suite

1987, Sawakaze: + 2 x 6 - 20/76 Mk 15 Phalanx, 2x Mk 90 radars, OLR-9B ECM suite

1986, Tachikaze: - NOLR-5 ECM suite; + NOLR-6, OLT-3 ECM suites, 4x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL

1989, Tachikaze: - OYQ-1 CCS; + OYQ-1B CCS

1990, Asakaze: - OYQ-2 CCS; + OYQ-2B CCS

1992-1994, all: + OPS-20 radar

1998, Tachikaze: - 1 x 1 - 127/54 (aft)

Naval service

Tachikaze became flagship of the Fleet Escort Force in 1998, aft 127mm gun was replaced by deckhouse for additional accommodations.