Akizuki-class destroyer (1959)

	JDS Akizuki
Class overview
Name	Akizuki class
Builders	Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Eng. Co.; Kobe Shipyard & Eng. Works;
Operators	Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Preceded by	Murasame class
Succeeded by	Yamagumo class
In service	1960–1993
Completed	2
Retired	2
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	2,350 long tons (2,388 t) standard; 2,890 long tons (2,936 t) normal;
Length	118 m (387 ft 2 in)
Beam	12 m (39 ft 4 in)
Draft	4 m (13 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	2 steam turbines, 4 boilers 45,000 shp (34,000 kW) / 2 shafts, 2 propellers
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) max.
Complement	330
Sensors &; processing systems	Mark 57 fire-control system; Mark 63 fire-control system; OPS-1 air search radar; OPS-5 surface-search radar; AN/SQS-4 sonar; AN/SQR-8 sonar; QQA-1A sonar;
Electronic warfare; & decoys	NOLR-1 ESM
Armament	3 × 5"/54 caliber Mk.16 guns; 4 × 3"/50 caliber Mk.22 guns (Type 57); 1 × Mk.108 ASW rocket launcher; 2 × Hedgehog ASW mortars; 1 x 4 Bofors 375 mm (15 in) ASW rocket launcher (replaced Mk. 108 in 1976); 2 × Mk.2 ASW torpedo racks; 4 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes; 2 × Y-gun Depth charge throwers; 2 × Depth charge racks;

The Akizuki-class destroyer was a destroyer class built for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) in the late 1950s. This class was planned to be a flotilla leader with the enhanced command and control capability, so sometimes this class was classified as the "DDC" (commanding destroyer) unofficially.

Class overview
JDS Akizuki
Name	Akizuki class
Builders	Mitsubishi Shipbuilding & Eng. Co. Kobe Shipyard & Eng. Works
Operators	Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Preceded by	Murasame class
Succeeded by	Yamagumo class
In service	1960–1993
Completed	2
Retired	2
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	2,350 long tons (2,388 t) standard 2,890 long tons (2,936 t) normal
Length	118 m (387 ft 2 in)
Beam	12 m (39 ft 4 in)
Draft	4 m (13 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	2 steam turbines, 4 boilers 45,000 shp (34,000 kW) / 2 shafts, 2 propellers
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) max.
Complement	330
Sensors & processing systems	Mark 57 fire-control system Mark 63 fire-control system OPS-1 air search radar OPS-5 surface-search radar AN/SQS-4 sonar AN/SQR-8 sonar QQA-1A sonar
Electronic warfare & decoys	NOLR-1 ESM
Armament	3 × 5"/54 caliber Mk.16 guns 4 × 3"/50 caliber Mk.22 guns (Type 57) 1 × Mk.108 ASW rocket launcher 2 × Hedgehog ASW mortars 1 x 4 Bofors 375 mm (15 in) ASW rocket launcher (replaced Mk. 108 in 1976) 2 × Mk.2 ASW torpedo racks 4 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes 2 × Y-gun Depth charge throwers 2 × Depth charge racks