Hatakaze class destroyer
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| Hatakaze class destroyer | |
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| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 4600 tons standard |
| Length: | 150 m |
| Beam: | 16.4 m |
| Draft: | 4.8 m |
| Propulsion: | 4 gas turbines (2 x Kawasaki Rolls Royce Spey SM1A for cruising) (2 x Olympus TM3B x2 for high speed only); two shafts, 72,000 shaft horsepower |
| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h) |
| Crew Complement: | 260 |
| Armament: | • RGM-84 Harpoon SSM • Standard missile SAM • ASROC anti-submarine rocket • 2 x 5 inch/54 caliber rapid fire gun (Mk 42) • 2 x 20 mm CIWS • 2 x Type 68 triple torpedo tubes |
The Hatakaze class of guided missile destroyer is a 3rd generation vessel in service with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). It marked the first of the JMSDF's ships that had gas turbine propulsion.
The core weapon suite is similar to that of the Tachikaze class destroyer, but various improvements were made in many areas. Most notable are those that allow the Hatakaze class to function as a group flagship. Normally this duty resides with the DDH class, but in case of a DDH being absent due to repairs or an accident, the Hatakaze design allows for it to function as a command ship.
Hatakaze destroyers operate the OYQ-4-1 type tactical control system. Its weapon systems include the standard missile surface-to-air missile, anti-submarine rockets, the RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missile, two Mark 15 20 mm CIWS gun mounts, two torpedo mounts in a triple tube configuration and 2 5 inch (Mk 42) 54cal caliber, rapid-fire guns.
[edit] Namesakes
The name Shimakaze was also shared by an Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer of 3048 tons, built at Maizuru Shipywards in Japan. She was completed in May 1943, being extremely large and fast, with a very heavy torpedo armament. Shimakaze was sunk by U.S. Navy carrier-based aircraft in the Philippines area on 11 November 1944.
[edit] Ships in the class
| Pennant no. | Name | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Home port |
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| DDG-171 | Hatakaze | 20 May 1983 | 9 November 1984 | 27 March 1986 | Yokosuka |
| DDG-172 | Shimakaze | 13 January 1985 | 30 January 1987 | 23 March 1988 | Maizuru |
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Current and future combatant ship classes of the JMSDF
| DDH : Destroyer Helicopter | 13500t class | Shirane class | Haruna class |
| DDG : Guided Missile Destroyer | Atago class | Kongō class | Hatakaze class | Tachikaze class |
| DD : Destroyer | 5000t class | Takanami class | Murasame class | Asagiri class | Hatsuyuki class |
| DE : Destroyer Escort | Abukuma class | Yubari class | Ishikari |
| SS : Submarine | 2900t class | Oyashio class | Harushio class |
| See also | List of combatant ship classes of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force |
