Takatsuki class destroyers



Displacement3100t standard, 4500t full load
Length136.0m oa
Width13.4m
Draught4.4m
Machinery2-shaft geared turbine, 2 boilers, 60000shp
Speed32kt
Range7000nm/20kt
Armament2-Mk42 127mm/54cal. gun (1x2), 1-ASROC launcher, 1 Bofors AS rocket launcher, 6-32cm TT (3x2), 3 DASHs
SensorRadar: OPS-11B, OPS-17
Sonar: SQS-23 (DD-166/167 OQS-3), SQS-35(J) VDS (DD-164/165/167)
Complement270
(after FRAM in 1984-1986 - DD-164/165)
Armament8-Harpoon SSM, 1-Mk42 127mm/54cal gun, 1-Sea Sparrow SAM, 2-Phalanx 20mm CIWS, 1-ASROC launcher, 1 Bofors AS rocket launcher, 6-32cm TT (3x2)



Number Name Plan Builder Laid down Launch Complete
DD-164TakatsukiFY1963IHI, Tokyo1964.10. 81966. 1. 71967. 3.15Escort(EFlotilla1, EF, SDF)
1968. 3.27 (Desron1, EFlotilla1, EF, SDF)
1971. 2. 1 (EFlotilla2, EF, SDF)
1981. 3.27 (EFlotilla1, EF, SDF)
1983. 3.30 (Desron1, EFlotilla4, EF, SDF)
1995. 3.16 (Desron2, Maizuru district)
1997. 3.24 (Desron24, Maizuru district)
2002. 8.16 disc
DD-165KikuzukiFY1964MHI, Nagasaki1966. 3.151967. 3.251968. 3.27Escort(Desron1, EFlotilla1, EF, SDF)
1971. 2. 1 (Desron1, EFlotilla2, EF, SDF)
1983. 3.30 (Desron1, EFlotilla4, EF, SDF)
1993. 3.25 (Desron2, Maizuru district)
1997. 3.24 (Desron24, Maizuru district)
2003.11. 6 disc
DD-166MochizukiFY1965IHI, Tokyo1966.11.221968. 3.151969. 3.25Escort(EFlotilla2, EF, SDF)
1971. 2. 1 (Desron1, EFlotilla2, EF, SDF)
1983. 3.30 (EFlotilla3, EF, SDF)
1984. 3.30 (Desron2, EFlotilla3, EF, SDF)
1989. 1.25 (Desron2, Maizuru district)
1995. 3.16 (Maizuru district)
1995. 4. 1 Auxiliary Service ship (ASU-7019)
1999. 3.19 disc
DD-167NagatsukiFY1966MHI, Nagasaki1968. 3. 21969. 3.191970. 2.12Escort(EFlotilla3, EF, SDF)
1984. 3.30 (Desron2, EFlotilla3, EF, SDF)
1989. 1.25 (Desron2, Maizuru district)
1996. 4. 1 disc






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