![]() JDS Ariake in 1960s
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Class overview | |
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Name | Ariake-class destroyer |
Builders | Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts |
Operators | |
Preceded by | Asakaze class |
Succeeded by | Harukaze class |
Built | 1943 |
In commission | 1959-1974 |
Completed | 2 |
Retired | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Destroyer |
Displacement | 2,050 long tons (2,083 t) |
Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
Beam | 39 ft 8 in (12.09 m) |
Draft | 13 ft 9 in (4.19 m) |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 300 |
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The Ariake-class destroyer is a class of destroyers of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. Two ships of the Fletcher class were lent by the United States Navy and were in commission from 1959 until 1974.[1][2]