Tachikaze class destroyer
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| Tachikaze class destroyer | |
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| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 3850 tons standard/3950tons (DDG170) |
| Length: | 143m |
| Beam: | 14.3 m |
| Draft: | 4.6 m/4.7m (DDG170) |
| Propulsion: | 2 Mitsubishi steam turbines; two shafts (60,000 horsepower) |
| Speed: | 32 knots |
| Crew Complement: | 250; 230 (DDG168); 255 (DDG170) |
| Armament: | • RGM-84 Harpoon SSM • Standard Missile SAM • ASROC anti-submarine rocket • 2 x 5" 54cal rapid fire gun (Mk42)/(DDG168 x1) • 2 x 20mm CIWS • 2 x Type 68 triple torpedo tubes |
The Tachikaze class destroyer is a second generation vessel in service with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). The ships of this class have had successive improvements after their completion, especially to their communication and tactical control systems. These air defense ships are the natural successor to the first generation air defense ship, the Amatsukaze-class destroyer, and they were in turn, followed by newer air defense ships, the Hatakaze class.
The Tachikaze class was the first of the Maritime Self Defense Force's ships that utilised computers widely. The Tachikaze class uses the OYQ-4 tactical control system, an improved version of the original OYQ-1b type.
Tachikaze destroyers' weapon systems include the Standard surface-to-air missile, anti-submarine rockets, the RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missile, two Mark 15 20-mm Phalanx CIWS gun mounts, two torpedo mounts in a triple tube configuration, and two 5"/54-cal rapid fire guns.
In 1998, DDG-168 Tachikaze was converted to the flagship of Fleet Escort Force. The aft 5" gun was replaced with a commander area.
The Tachikaze class is being decommissioned from 2007 onwards.
[edit] Ships in the class
| Pennant no. | Name | Laid down | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Home port |
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| DDG-168 | Tachikaze | 19 June 1973 | 26 March 1976 | March 2007 | Yokosuka |
| DDG-169 | Asakaze | 27 May 1976 | 27 March 1979 | March 2008? | Sasebo |
| DDG-170 | Sawakaze | 14 September 1979 | 30 March 1983 | ?? | Sasebo |
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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 |
