Asakaze-class destroyer

JDS Hatakaze in 1960s
Class overview
Name	Asakaze-class destroyer
Builders	Bath Iron Works, Maine Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, New Jersey
Operators	Coastal Safety Force  Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Preceded by	N/A
Succeeded by	Ariake class
Subclasses	Gleaves class
Built	1940
In commission	1954–1969
Completed	2
Retired	2
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	1,630 tons standard, 2,395 tons full load
Length	348 ft 3 in (106.15 m)
Beam	36 ft 1 in (11.00 m)
Draft	13 ft 2 in (4.01 m)
Installed power	4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers, 2 Westinghouse geared steam turbines; 50,000 shp (37,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts
Speed	37.4 knots (69.3 km/h; 43.0 mph)
Range	6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	16 officers, 260 enlisted
Armament	(Early service) 4 × 5 in (127 mm) DP guns 2 × 40 mm Bofors guns 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns 5 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 4 × K-gun depth charge throwers 6 × Depth charge tracks (Late service) 3 × 5 in (127 mm) DP guns 2 × 40 mm Bofors guns 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns 5 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (1 × 5) 4 × K-gun depth charge throwers 6 × Depth charge tracks

The Asakaze-class destroyer is a class of destroyers of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. Two ships of the Gleaves class were lent by the United States Navy and were in commission from 1954 until 1969.^[1]