Description:
The Japan Marine Self Defense Force (JMSDF) Hatsuyuki is a class of escort frigates, destroyers for MSDF, with outstanding anti-submarine (ASW) and anti-surface warfare (ASuW) capabilities and limited anti-air warfare (AAW). Its propulsion system combines a cruise and boost gas turbines developing 45,000-shp of power and enabling a top speed of 30 knots. Hatsuyuki features an aft flight deck and hangar allowing operation of a single SH-60J helicopter. The weapon system consists of a 76mm dual purpose gun, two 20mm Phalanx guns, eight Harpoon anti-ship missiles, ASROC rockets, one eight-cell Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missile system with 18 missiles, and two triple 12.75-in torpedo tubes. MSDF commissioned 11 ships between 1982 and 1987.
Specifications Accommodation: Crew 200
Guns: Main Gun Caliber 76 mm
Number of Weapons: 42
Dimensions: Beam 13.6 m, Draft 4.1 m, Length 130 m
Weights: Full Displacement 2,950 t
Performance: Top Speed 30 kt (56 kph)
Power: Power 45,000 shp
Other: Torpedo Tubes 6
Operators
Japan / 11
Ships
DD122 Hatsuyuki
Commissioning: 1982
DD123 Shirayuki
Commissioning: 1983
DD124 Mineyuki
Commissioning: 1984
DD125 Sawayuki
Commissioning: 1985
DD126 Hamayuki
Commissioning: 1983
DD127 Isoyuki
Commissioning: 1985
DD128 Harayuki
Commissioning: 1985
DD129 Yamayuki
Commissioning: 1985
DD130 Matsuyuki
Commissioning: 1986
DD131 Setoyuki
Commissioning: 1987
DD132 Asayuki
Commissioning: 1987
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Notes (*) lead contractor
IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
Meters (m) Kilometers (km) Nautic Miles (nm) Inch (in) Yard (yd) Foot (ft) Millimeter (mm)
Pound (lb) Kilogram (kg) kN (KiloNewton) Ton (t)
Meters per Second (mps) Kilometers per Hour (kph) Knot (kt) Miles per Hour (mph)
Liter (l) Galon (gl)
Year (yr) Minutes (min) Second (sec)
Shaft-Horse-Power (shp)
Japan / 11 
