JDS Hatsuyuki (DD-122)

JS Sawayuki in port
Hatsuyuki
Career (Japan)
Name: JS Hatsuyuki
Builder: Sumitomo
Laid down: 14 March 1979
Launched: 7 November 1980
Commissioned: 23 March 1982
Decommissioned: 25 June 2010
Status: Retired
General characteristics
Class and type:Hatsuyuki-class destroyer
Displacement:2,950 long tons (3,000 t)
Length:130 m (430 ft)
Beam:13.6 m (45 ft)
Draft:4.2 m (14 ft)
Propulsion:
  • 2 x Kawasaki/Rolls-Royce Olympus TM-3B gas turbines (45000 shp)
  • 2 x Kawasaki/Rolls-Royce Tyne RM-1C gas turbines (9900 shp)
  • 2 shafts, 2 controllable pitch propellers
Speed:30 knts
Complement:200
Armament:
  • 1 x Oto-Melara 76mm/62-caliber gun (3-inches)
  • 2 x Mk-141 missile launcher for 8 RGM-84 Harpoon SSM
  • 1 x Mk-29 launcher for 8 RIM-7 Sea Sparrow SAM
  • 2 x Mk-15 Phalanx Close-In-Weapon-System (CIWS)
  • 1 x Mk-16 launcher for 8 RUR-5 ASROC anti-submarine rockets
  • 2 x HOS-301 (Mk-32) 12,75-inch (324mm) triple torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried:1 S-61 Sea King or SH-60J Seahawk
Aviation facilities:flight deck and hangar for 1 helicopter

JDS Hatsuyuki (DD-122) Is the lead ship of the Hatsuyuki-class destroyers. She was commissioned into the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force in 1982 and was decommissioned in 2010 with 28 years of active service.[1]

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