JDS Asakaze (DDG-169)

JDS Asakaze (DDG-169) is the second ship of the Tachikaze-class destroyer built for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).

For other ships with the same name, see Japanese destroyer Asakaze.
JDS Asakaze (DDG-169) underway during Fleet Review 2006.
History
Japan
Name:
  • JDS Asakaze
  • (あさかぜ)
Namesake: Asakaze (1922)
Builder: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki
Laid down: 27 May 1976
Launched: 15 October 1977
Commissioned: 27 March 1979
Decommissioned: 12 March 2008
Homeport:
Identification: Pennant number: DDG-169
Fate: Scrapped
General characteristics
Type: Tachikaze-class destroyer
Displacement:
  • 3,850 long tons (3,910 t) standard
  • 3,950 long tons (4,010 t) (DDG170)
Length: 143 m (469 ft 2 in)
Beam: 14.3 m (46 ft 11 in)
Draft:
  • 4.6 m (15 ft 1 in)
  • 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) (DDG170)
Propulsion:
Speed: 32 knots (37 mph; 59 km/h)
Complement: 250; 230 (DDG168); 255 (DDG170)
Armament:

Development

Tachikaze-class destroyers were designed almost exclusively as anti-aircraft platforms. No helicopter facilities are provided, and the ASW armament is confined to ASROC missiles and Mk 46 torpedoes. In order to save on construction costs the class adopted the propulsion plant and machinery of the Haruna-class destroyers.[1]

Construction and career

She was laid down on the 27 May, 1976 in Mitsubishi shipyard in Nagasaki. She was launched on 15 October 1977, and commissioned on 27 March 1979. She was decommissioned on 12 March 2008.[2][3]

JDS Asakaze succeeded JDS Tachikaze in the flagship role after her decommissioning in 2008.

  • JDS Asakaze entering Pearl Harbor on 19 June 2006.
  • JDS Asakaze’s signal bell on display In JMSDF 1st Service School

References
  1. "Tachikaze Class Anti-Air Warfare Destroyer | Military-Today.com". www.military-today.com. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  2. "JDS Asakaze DDG-169 Tachikaze class Guided Missile Destroyer JMSDF". www.seaforces.org. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  3. "JDS Asakaze DDG 169". Helis.com. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
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