Asahi-class destroyer escort
JDS Hatsuhi in 1967 | |
| Class overview | |
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| Name | Asahi-class destroyer escort |
| Builders | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, New Jersey |
| Operators | |
| Preceded by | Wakaba class |
| Succeeded by | Akebono class |
| Subclasses | Cannon class |
| Built | 1943 |
| In commission | 1955–1975 |
| Completed | 2 |
| Laid up | 1 |
| Retired | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Destroyer Escort |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 93.3 m (306 ft) |
| Beam | 11 m (36 ft) |
| Draft | 3.5 m (11 ft) full load |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h) |
| Range | 10,800 nautical miles (20,000 km; 12,400 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h) |
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The Asahi-class destroyer escort was a class of destroyer escorts of Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. Two ships were lent from the Cannon class by the United States Navy and in commissioned from 1955 until 1975.