| Displacement | 3850t standard, 4800t full load |
|---|---|
| Length | 143.0m oa |
| Width | 14.3m |
| Draught | 4.6m |
| Machinery | 2-shaft geared turbine, 2 boilers, 70000shp |
| Speed | 32kt |
| Armament | 8-Harpoon SSM, 2-Mk42 127mm/54cal. gun (1x2), 1 Standard SAM launcher, 2-Phalanx 20mm CIWS, 1-ASROC launcher, 6-32cm TT (3x2) |
| Sensor | Radar: SPS-52B, OPS-11, SPG-51C Sonar: OQS-3 |
| Complement | 277 |
| Number | Name | Plan | Builder | Laid down | Launch | Complete | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DD-168 | Tachikaze | FY1971 | MHI, Nagasaki | 1973. 6.19 | 1974.12.17 | 1976. 3.26 | Escort | (EFlotilla2, EF, SDF) 1983. 3.30 (Desron62, EFlotilla2, EF, SDF) 1993. 3.25 (Desron1, EFlotilla4, EF, SDF) 1995. 3.16 (Desron64, EFlotilla4, EF, SDF) 1998. 3.20 (EF, SDF) 2007. 1.15 disc |
| DD-169 | Asakaze | FY1973 | MHI, Nagasaki | 1976. 5.27 | 1977.10.15 | 1979. 3.27 | Escort | (EFlotilla1, EF, SDF) 1981. 3.27 (Desron61, EFlotilla1, EF, SDF) 1995. 3.16 (Desron64, EFlotilla4, EF, SDF) 2008. 3.12 disc |
| DD-170 | Sawakaze | FY1978 | MHI, Nagasaki | 1979. 9.14 | 1981. 6. 4 | 1983. 3.30 | Escort | (Desron62, EFlotilla2, EF, SDF) 2007. 3.15 (EF, SDF) 2010. 6.25 disc |