Country: Japan
Class, [Type]: Akizuki, [DD].
Builder: Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Japan.
Launch date: 15 September 2011.
Commission date: 07 March 2013.
Displacement ( tons ): 5.000 standard, 6.800 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 150,5 x 18,3 x 10,9
Main machinery: COGAG: 4 x Kawasaki/Rolls-Royce SM-1C Spey gas turbines ( 60.000 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 30.
Complement: 200.
Guns: 1 x Mk45 Mod4 127mm/54, 2 x Vulcan Phalanx Mod.1 Block I Mk15 CIWS 20mm.
Missiles: SSM: 8 x SSM-1B; SAM: 1 x Mk 41 VLS ( RIM-162 ESSM ); ASW: 1 x Mk 41 VLS ( VL-ASROC missiles ).
Torpedoes: 6 x 324mm HOS-303 tubes ( 2 x triple launchers ). Type 73 or Mk 46 Mod. 5 torpedoes.
Radar: Surface/Air Search: 1 x JRC OPS-28D; Air Search: 1 x Melco OPS-24; Navigation: 1 x JRC OPS-20C; Fire Control: 2 x FCS-3A ( gun/SAM ), 2 x General Dynamics Mk 90 ( CIWS ).
Sonar: Mitsubishi OQS-5, bow-mounted, medium frequency; OQR-3 TASS towed passive array.
Countermeasures: Decoys: Mk 36 SRBOC; SLQ-25 Nixie towed acoustic torpedo; ECM/ESM: NOLQ-3D, OPN-7B and OPN-11 ( interceptors ); OLT-3 and OLT-5 ( jammers ).
Helicopter: 1 x SH-60K.