JDS Akizuki

	JDS Akizuki
History
Japan
Name	Akizuki; (あきづき);
Namesake	Akizuki (1941)
Ordered	1957
Builder	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Laid down	31 July 1958
Launched	26 June 1959
Commissioned	13 February 1960
Decommissioned	7 December 1993
Homeport	Yokosuka
Identification	DD-161, DD-960; ASU-7010;
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	Akizuki-class 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 and ; processing systems	Mk.57 fire-control system; Mk.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; 2 × Mk.2 ASW torpedo racks; 4 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes; 2 × Y-gun Depth charge throwers; 2 × Depth charge racks;

JDS Akizuki (DD-161) was the lead ship of the Akizuki-class destroyer. The vessel was laid down in 1958 and served as a front line warship with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force until 1987, and as an auxiliary until 1993.

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