1965    

JP Amatsukaze class

あまつかぜ



Guided-Missile Destroyer

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Guided-Missile Destroyer Amatsukaze class



A single ship class, Amatsukaze was the first Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer to have surface-to-air missiles (DDG) using the SAM Tartar first and changing to the Standard SM-1MR from 1978



Derivatives / Succeeded by
1976 JP Tachikaze class
1986         JP Hatakaze class



  Specifications


290crew
4000full load (tn)
131length (m)
13.40beam (m)
4.20draught (m)
33max speed (knots)
60000power (shp)

2Naval Engine boilers
2Naval Engine steam turbines

1Missile Launcher Mk 13

2Naval Gun Mark 33 3/50 inch (twin 76 mm)
2Rocket Launcher Hedgehog ASW
1Torpedo Launchers Mk 16 8-cell ASROC
2Torpedo Launchers Mk 32 triple-tube 324mm

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  Shipyards


JP Mitsubishi Nagasaki - 1



  List of Ships


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19651995JPJMSDFDDG 163JDS Amatsukaze
19762007JPJMSDFDDG 168Tachikaze class JDS Tachikaze
19792008JPJMSDFDDG 169Tachikaze class JDS Asakaze
1983--JPJMSDFDDG 170Tachikaze class JDS Sawakaze
1986--JPJMSDFDDG 171Hatakaze class JDS Hatakaze71
1988--JPJMSDFDDG 172Hatakaze class JDS Shimakaze72

6 units



  Events


1962-nov-29Laid downLaid down JP DDG 163 JDS Amatsukaze
1963-oct-05LaunchedLaunched JP DDG 163 JDS Amatsukaze
1965-feb-15CommissionedCommissioned JP DDG 163 JDS Amatsukaze
1995-nov-29DecommissionedDecommissioned JP DDG 163 JDS Amatsukaze









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