Akizuki-class destroyer (1959)

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Class overview
Name	Akizuki class
Builders	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Shipbuilding, Kobe
Operators	Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Preceded by	Murasame class
Succeeded by	Yamagumo class
In service	1960–1993
Completed	2
Retired	2
General characteristics
Type	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	Mark 57 fire-control system Mark 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

The Akizuki-class destroyer was a destroyer class built for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) in the late 1950s. This class was planned to be a flotilla leader with the enhanced command and control capability, so sometimes this class was classified as the "DDC" (commanding destroyer) unofficially.