Akizuki class destroyer

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The Akizuki class destroyer of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force is the successor to the old Murasame class destroyer. Like its predecessor, the primary task is ASW.

• Displacement: 2350t standard; 2890t normal
• Armament:
  • 3 5in/54 main guns
  • 4 3in/50 guns
  • 1 Mk.108 Weapon Alfa,
  • 2 hedgehog
  • 2 DCT
  • 2 ASW torpedo
  • 4 533 mm torpedo tubes (8 torpedoes)
  • 2 Depth charge rack
• Complement: 330

Pennant no.	Name	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Decommissioned
DD-161/ASU-7010	Akizuki		June 26, 1959	February 13, 1960	December 7, 1993
DD-162/ASU-7012/TV-3504	Teruzuki		June 24, 1959	February 29, 1960	September 27, 1993

Combatant ship classes of the JMSDF

DDH : Destroyer Helicopter	13500t class | Shirane class | Haruna class
DDG : Guided Missile Destroyer	Atago class | Kongo class | Hatakaze class | Tachikaze class | Amatsukaze
DD : Destroyer	5000t class | Takanami class | Murasame class | Asagiri class | Hatsuyuki class | Akizuki class | Harukaze class | Ariake class Ariake / Yugure | Asakaze class Asakaze / Hatakaze
DDA : All Purpose Destroyer	Takatsuki class | Murasame class (1958)
DDK : Anti Submarine Destroyer	Minegumo class | Yamagumo class | Ayanami class
DE : Destroyer Escort	Abukuma class | Yubari class | Ishikari | Chikugo class | Isuzu class | Wakaba | Ikazuchi class | Akebono | Asahi class Asahi / Hatsuhi
PF : Patrol Frigate	Kusu class
SS : Submarine	2900t class | Oyashio class | Harushio class | Yushio class | Uzushio class | Asashio class | Oshio | Natsushio class | Hayashio class | Oyashio (1959) | Kuroshio (1955)
List	List of combatant ship classes of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force List of ship classes of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force