Akizuki-class destroyer (2010)

JS Fuyuzuki (DD-118)
Class overview
Preceded by:	Takanami-class destroyer
Succeeded by:	Asahi-class destroyer
Cost:	DD115: JPY84.4 billion $893 million (constant 2009 USD)
Built:	2009–2012
In commission:	2012–
Planned:	4
Completed:	4
Active:	4
General characteristics
Type:	Destroyer
Displacement:	5000 tonnes standard 6800 tonnes full load
Length:	150.5 m (493 ft 9 in)
Beam:	18.3 m (60 ft 0 in)
Draft:	5.3 m (17 ft 5 in)
Depth:	10.9 m (35 ft 9 in)
Propulsion:	COGAG, two shafts, four Rolls Royce Spey SM1C turbines
Speed:	30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement:	200
Sensors and processing systems:	ATECS (advanced technology command system) OYQ-11 ACDS FCS-3A AAW system OQQ-22 ASW system NOLQ-3D EW system OPS-20C surface search radar
Armament:	Guns 1 × 127 mm (5 in)/62 gun Missiles 8 × Type 90 SSM 1 × Mk 41 VLS (32cells) RIM-162 ESSM SAM RUM-139 VL-ASROC (DD 115) Type07 VL-ASROC (DD 116 to DD 118) CIWS 2 × 20 mm Phalanx Block1B CIWS Torpedoes 2 × HOS-303 triple 324 mm (12.8 in) torpedo tubes Anti-torpedo System
Aircraft carried:	1 × SH-60K helicopter

The Akizuki-class destroyer is a destroyer class of the JMSDF - four ships were planned. The Akizuki Class is intended to escort the Hyuga class and Izumo class helicopter destroyers, and safeguard the other Aegis guided warships such as the Kongō class and Atago-class of the JMSDF. The destroyer provides defence against surface, airborne and undersea threats. This class used to be designated "19DD" - referring to a date on the Japanese calendar, specifically the 19th fiscal year of the Heisei period (2007).

The Akizuki class is a modernized and slightly heavier variant of the Takanami class destroyer, whose purpose is to shield the Kongō class from air, surface and subsurface threats. There are many small improvements like, for example, cleaner lines to reduce the radar signature and decoys for torpedoes; but the principal changes can be summed up as more powerful engines, sensors, sonar and the indigenous ATECS battle management system that has been called the "Japanese AEGIS". The main gas turbine engines are standardized on a higher-powered version of the Rolls-Royce Spey SM1C, in contrast to the combination of Rolls-Royce SM1C and General Electric LM2500 turbines used in the Takanami class.

Main features of the class include enhanced C4ISR and Anti-Aircraft Warfare (AAW) capability, with an OYQ-11 advanced Combat Direction Sub-system (CDS) and FCS-3A AAW weapon sub-system.

Anti-submarine and Electronic Warfare (EW) capabilities of the Akizuki class have been enhanced, with a new OQQ-22 integrated sonar suite sub-system (hull-sonar and OQR-3 towed array; - a Japanese equivalent of the American AN/SQQ-89), and the NOLQ-3D digitalized EW suite sub-system. These sub-systems communicate across a NOYQ-1B wide area network. In totality these systems are comparable to those of the Zumwalt-class destroyer.

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