Hatakaze class destroyer


Hatakaze (DDG-171) docked in Pearl Harbor, 1988
Class overview
Name: Hatakaze class destroyer
Builders: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Operators:  Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Preceded by: Tachikaze-class destroyer
Succeeded by: Kongō-class destroyer
Cost: (Hatakaze) 61,980,000,000 JPY
(Shimakaze) 69,283,000,000 JPY
Built: 1983–1988
In commission: 1986–
Completed: 2
Active: 2
General characteristics
Type: Guided missile destroyer
Displacement: (Hatakaze)
4,600 tons standard
(Shimakaze)
4,650 tons standard
Length: 150 m
Beam: 16.4 m
Draft: 4.8 m
Propulsion: 2 × Kawasaki Rolls-Royce Spey SM1A gas turbines for cruising
2 × Rolls-Royce Olympus gas turbines for high speed only
72,000 hp (54,000 kW)
2 shafts
Speed: 30 knots (56 km/h)
Complement: 260
Armament: • RGM-84 Harpoon SSM
• Standard missile MR SAM
• ASROC anti-submarine rocket
• 2 × 5"/54 caliber Mark 42 guns
• 2 × 20 mm CIWS
• 2 × Type 68 triple torpedo tubes