Hatsuyuki class destroyer
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| Hatsuyuki class destroyer | |
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| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2950 tons standard (3050 from DD 129 to DD 132) |
| Length: | 130 m |
| Beam: | 13.6 m |
| Draft: | 4.2 m (4.4 from DD 129 to DD 132) |
| Propulsion: | 4 gas turbines (2 x Kawaksaki-RR Olympus TM3B gas turbines (45,000 hp) and 2 x RR Type Kawasaki RM1C gas turbines (9,900 hp); two shafts, cp props |
| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h) |
| Crew Complement: | 200 |
| Armament: | • 2 x quad Harpoon SSM launchers • Sea Sparrow SAM Mark 29 launcher • ASROC anti-submarine rocket octuple launcher • 1 x Otoberda 76 mm gun • 2 x 20 mm Phalanx CIWS • 2 x Type 68 triple 324 mm torpedo tubes |
| Aircraft: | 1 x SH-60J(K) anti-submarine helicopter |
The Hatsuyuki class destroyer is a class of Japanese destroyer, serving with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). It was the third generation of general purpose destroyers, though like its predecessor, the Yamagumo class destroyer, the main task is ASW. The class was completed between 1982 and 1987.
The Shirayuki was retrofitted with the Phalanx CIWS system in early 1982, the modification was applied to the rest of the class gradually - being completed by 1996. The Matsuyuki was fitted with a towed sonar array in 1990, followed by the Hatsuyuki in 1994, work ongoing to apply the fit to the rest of the class. From DD-129 onwards, steel replaced aluminium for key elements of the super structure including the bridge, this increased the overall displacement.
DD-133 Shimayuki was re-classed training vessel in 18 March 1999.
[edit] Ships in the class
| Pennant no. | Name | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Home port |
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| DD-122 | Hatsuyuki | 14 March 1979 | 7 November 1980 | 23 March 1982 | Yokosuka |
| DD-123 | Shirayuki | 3 December 1979 | 4 August 1981 | 8 February 1982 | Yokosuka |
| DD-124 | Mineyuki | 7 May 1981 | 19 October 1982 | 26 January 1984 | Maizuru |
| DD-125 | Sawayuki | 22 April 1981 | 21 June 1982 | 15 February 1984 | Yokosuka |
| DD-126 | Hamayuki | 4 February 1981 | 27 May 1982 | 18 November 1983 | Maizuru |
| DD-127 | Isoyuki | 20 April 1982 | 19 September 1983 | 23 January 1985 | Sasebo |
| DD-128 | Haruyuki | 11 March 1982 | 6 September 1983 | 14 March 1985 | Sasebo |
| DD-129 | Yamayuki | 25 February 1983 | 10 July 1984 | 3 December 1985 | Kure |
| DD-130 | Matsuyuki | 7 April 1983 | 25 October 1984 | 19 March 1986 | Kure |
| DD-131 | Setoyuki | 26 January 1984 | 3 July 1985 | 11 December 1986 | Kure |
| DD-132 | Asayuki | 22 December 1983 | 16 October 1985 | 20 February 1987 | Sasebo |
| DD-133/TV-3513 | Shimayuki | 08 May 1984 | 29 January 1986 | 17 February 1987 | Kure |
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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 |
