Asakaze 1960
Asakaze 1970
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| あさかぜ [Asakaze] (ex-Ellyson) | DD181 | 195 | Federal, Kearny, USA | 12/1940 | 25.7.1941 | 11/1941 // 19.10.1954 | returned 1969 |
| はたかぜ [Hatakaze] (ex-Macomb) | DD182 | 192 | Bath Iron Wks, USA | 9/1940 | 23.9.1941 | 1/1942 // 19.10.1954 | returned 1969 |
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Displacement standard, t |
1900 |
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Displacement full, t |
2600 |
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Length, m |
103.9 wl 106.2 oa |
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Breadth, m |
11.0 |
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Draught, m |
4.92 full load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 sets Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
50000 |
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Max speed, kts |
35 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 302 - 453 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 3630(20) - 3880(20) |
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Armament |
4 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 2 x 4 - 40/60 Mk 2, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (34) |
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Electronic equipment |
SC, SG, Mk 12.22 radars, QCJ sonar |
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Complement |
208 |
Project history: Former USN Gleaves/Bristol class destroyers, transferred under MDAP.
Modernizations: 1962, Hatakaze; 1965, Asakaze: - 1 x 1 - 127/38; + 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL
Naval service: No significant events.
Hatakaze 1962
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
© Ivan Gogin, 2016