Akizuki-class destroyer (1959)
1960-1993
2,350 t ( empty) 2,890 t (max)
118.0 m
12.0 m
4.0 m
330
2 geared turbines, 4 boilers 45,000 WPS on two shafts
32 knots
- 3 x 5 inches ( 127 mm) Mk 16 guns
- 4 x 3 inches (76 mm) Mk 22 twin gun
- 1 x RUR -4 anti - submarine rocket launchers
- 2 x Hedgehog
- 2 x depth charge throwers
- 6 x Mk 2 anti- submarine torpedoes in triple torpedo tubes
- 4 x 533 mm torpedo tubes
- Radar OPS -1
- OPS -15
- SQS -23
- OQA -1 VDS
The Akizuki - class was a class of two destroyers of the Japanese Maritime Self- Defense Force ( JMSDF ).