Takatsuki-class destroyer

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JS Nagatsuki (DD-167) in New York Harbor, -4 Jul. 1986 a.jpg
JS Nagatsuki in 1986
Class overview
NameTakatsuki class
Builders
OperatorsNaval Ensign of Japan.svg  Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Preceded by Yamagumo class
Succeeded by Minegumo class
Built1964–1970
In commission1967–2003
Planned4
Completed4
Retired4
General characteristics
Type Destroyer
Displacement
  • 3,100 long tons (3,150 t) standard
  • 4,500 long tons (4,572 t) full load
Length136.0 m (446 ft 2 in) overall
Beam13.4 m (44 ft 0 in)
Draft4.4 m (14 ft 5 in)
Propulsion
  • 60,000 shp (45 MW), 2 shafts
  • (Takatsuki and Nagatsuki)
  • 2 × Mitsubishi/WH reaction/impulse steam turbines
  • 2 × Mitsubishi CE water tube boilers
  • (Kikuzuki)
  • 2 × Mitsubishi/EW impulse steam turbines
  • 2 × Mitsubishi CE water tube boilers
  • (Mochizuki)
  • 2 × Kawasaki Model NH-300 impulse steam turbines
  • 2 × Kawasaki Model BD-120-1 water tube boilers
Speed32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range6,000  nmi (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement
  • 270 (Takatsuki, 1967),
  • 260 (Takatsuki, 1985)
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • NOLR-1B,
  • NOLQ-1 (1986)
Armament

The Takatsuki-class destroyer was a series of four destroyers constructed for and operated by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. Built between 1964 and 1970, the destroyers were mainly used for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) duties and were designed to operate the DASH unmanned ASW drone system. The system did not work and was removed from all four ships in 1977. In the mid-1980s, the first two ships of the class were modernized, receiving surface-to-air and anti-ship missiles. The final two ships were scheduled to be modernized, but the program was cancelled.

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Modernization

From 1985 to 1988, Takatsuki and Kikuzuki were upgraded with Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missile launchers, Harpoon missile anti-ship missile launchers, Phalanx CIWS systems (Kikuzuki only), new FCS (FCS-2-12) fire control radar and TASS. Mochizuki and Nagatsuki were in the upgrade program, but were eventually not upgraded. [1]

Ships

Takatsuki class construction data [2]
Pennant no.NameBuilderLaid downLaunchedCompletedFate
DD-164 Takatsuki Ishikawajima-Harima, Tokyo8 October 19647 January 196615 March 1967Decommissioned 16 August 2002
DD-165 Kikuzuki Mitsubishi HI, Nagasaki15 March 196625 March 196727 March 1968Decommissioned 6 November 2003
DD-166 Mochizuki Ishikawajima-Harima, Tokyo25 November 196615 March 196825 March 1969Converted to an auxiliary ship (Pennant no. ASU-7019) on 16 March 1995, decommissioned on 19 March 1999
DD-167 Nagatsuki Mitsubishi HI, Nagasaki2 March 196819 March 196912 February 1970Decommissioned 1 April 1996 and sunk as target on 3 August 1998

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References

Citations

  1. D-Mitch. "The evolution of Japanese destroyers after WWII" . Retrieved 2024-06-13.
  2. Scheina & Grove 1995, p. 226.

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