Asahi-class destroyer escort

JDS Hatsuhi in 1967
Class overview
Name	Asahi-class destroyer escort
Builders	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, New Jersey
Operators	Coastal Safety Force  Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Preceded by	Wakaba class
Succeeded by	Akebono class
Subclasses	Cannon class
Built	1943
In commission	1955–1975
Completed	2
Laid up	1
Retired	2
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer Escort
Displacement	1,240 tons standard 1,620 tons full load
Length	93.3 m (306 ft)
Beam	11 m (36 ft)
Draft	3.5 m (11 ft) full load
Propulsion	4 GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive 6,000 shp (4,500 kW), 2 screws
Speed	21 knots (39 km/h)
Range	10,800 nautical miles (20,000 km; 12,400 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement	15 officers 201 enlisted men
Armament	3 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 guns (3×1) 2 × 40 mm Bofors AA guns (1x2) 8 × 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns (8×1) 3 × Torpedo tubes for 21-inch Mark 15 torpedo (1×3) 8 × depth charge projectors 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar 2 x depth charge tracks

The Asahi-class destroyer escort was a class of destroyer escorts of Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. Two ships were lent from the Cannon class by the United States Navy and in commissioned from 1955 until 1975.