Takatsuki-class destroyer

Class overview
JS Nagatsuki (DD-167)
Name:	Takatsuki class destroyer
Builders:	IHI Corporation Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Operators:	Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Preceded by:	Akizuki-class destroyer, Murasame-class destroyer
Succeeded by:	Hatsuyuki-class destroyer
Built:	1964 - 1970
In commission:	1967 - 2003
Planned:	4
Completed:	4
Retired:	4
General characteristics
Type:	Destroyer
Displacement:	3,100 long tons (3,150 t) standard 4,500 long tons (4,572 t) full load
Length:	136.0 m (446 ft 2 in) overall
Beam:	13.4 m (44 ft 0 in)
Draft:	4.4 m (14 ft 5 in)
Propulsion:	60,000 shp (45 MW), 2 shafts (Takatsuki and Nagatsuki) 2 × Mitsubishi/WH reaction/impulse steam turbines 2 × Mitsubishi CE water tube boilers (Kikuzuki) 2 × Mitsubishi/EW impulse steam turbines 2 × Mitsubishi CE water tube boilers (Mochizuki) 2 × Kawasaki Model NH-300 impulse steam turbines 2 × Kawasaki Model BD-120-1 water tube boilers
Speed:	32 knots (37 mph; 59 km/h)
Range:	6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 16 kn (18 mph; 30 km/h)
Complement:	270 (Takatsuki, 1967), 260 (Takatsuki, 1985)
Sensors and processing systems:	OPS-11B EWR, OPS-17 SSR, AN/SQS-23, AN/SQS-35(J), OPS-11C EWR (1986)
Electronic warfare & decoys:	NOLR-1B, NOLQ-1 (1986)
Armament:	(Takatsuki, 1967) 2 × Mk.42 5 in (127 mm) guns 1 × (VIII) ASROC 1 × (IV) Bofors 375 mm (15 in) ASW rocket launcher 2 × (III) Mk.32 ASW torpedo tubes 2 × QH-50D DASH anti-submarine drone helicopter (Kikuzuki, 1986) 1 × Mk.42 5 in (127 mm) gun 2 × (IV) RGM-84 Harpoon 1 × (VIII) Mk.29 Sea Sparrow 1 × Mk.15 CIWS 1 × (VIII) ASROC 1 × (IV) Bofors 375 mm (15 in) ASW rocket launcher 2 × (III) Mk.32 ASW torpedo tubes

The Takatsuki class destroyer was a vessel of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. It was the predecessor of the Hatsuyuki-class destroyer, and was mainly used for anti-submarine warfare duties.

In 1985-1988, Takatsuki and Kikuzuki were upgraded with Sea Sparrow SAM launchers, Harpoon missile anti-ship missile launchers, Phalanx CIWS systems (Kikuzuki only), new FCS (FCS-2-12) fire control radar and TASS. Mochizuki and Nagatsuki were in the upgrade program, but were eventually not upgraded.

Ships

Building no.	Pennant no.	Name	Laid down	Launched	Completed	Decommissioned
2304	DD-164	Takatsuki	8 October 1964	7 January 1966	15 March 1967	16 August 2002
2305	DD-165	Kikuzuki	15 March 1966	March 25, 1967	27 March 1968	6 November 2003
2306	DD-166/ ASU-7019	Mochizuki	22 November 1966	15 March 1968	25 March 1969	Converted to ASU-7019 on 16 March 1995, decommissioned on 19 March 1999
2307	DD-167	Nagatsuki	2 March 1968	19 March 1969	12 February 1970	1 April 1996, sunk as target off 3 August 1998

Books

The Maru Special, Ships of the JMSDF No.57 Takatsuki class escort vessels, Ushio Shobō (Japan), November 1981
The Maru Special, Ships of the JMSDF No.78 Electronics weapons, Power Plants and Helicopters, Ushio Shobō (Japan), August 1983

Takatsuki-class destroyers

Takatsuki Kikuzuki Mochizuki Nagatsuki

Preceded by: Murasame class Followed by: None

List of destroyers of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

Combatant ship classes of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

Helicopter Destroyer (DDH)	Haruna Shirane Hyūga Izumo

Guided Missile Destroyer (DDG)	Amatsukaze (DDG-163) Tachikaze Hatakaze Kongō Atago

Destroyer (DD)	Asakaze (DD-181) / Hatakaze (DD-182) (Gleaves) Ariake (DD-183) / Yūgure (DD-184) (Fletcher) Harukaze Akizuki (1959) Hatsuyuki Asagiri Murasame (1994) Takanami Akizuki (2010)

All Purpose Destroyer (DDA)	Murasame (1958) Takatsuki

Anti Submarine Destroyer (DDK)	Ayanami Yamagumo Minegumo

Destroyer Escort (DE)	Wakaba (DE-261) (Matsu) Asahi (DE-262) / Hatsuhi (DE-263) (Cannon) Akebono (DE-201) Ikazuchi Isuzu Chikugo Ishikari (DE-226) Yubari Abukuma

Patrol Frigate (PF)	Kusu (PF–281) (Tacoma)

Submarine (SS)	Kuroshio (SS-501) Oyashio (SS-511) Hayashio Natsushio Ōshio (SS-561) Asashio Uzushio Yūshio Harushio Oyashio Sōryū

Ocean Minehunters/Minesweepers (MHS)	Yaeyama

Coastal Minehunters/Minesweepers (MHC)	Yashiro (MSC-601) Atada Kasado Takami Hatsushima Awashima

Amphibious Warfare	Ōsumi (LST-4001) / Shimokita (LST-4002) / Shiretoko (LST-4003) (LST-542) Atsumi Miura Ōsumi

List of combatant ship classes of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force List of ships of the Japanese Navy

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