Ayanami-class destroyer
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The Ayanami class was a destroyer class built for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) in the late 1950s. The primary purpose was anti-submarine warfare, so this class was classified as "DDK" (hunter-killer anti-submarine destroyer) unofficially.[1]
Design
This class adopted a "long forecastle" design with inclined afterdeck called "Holland Slope", named after the scenic sloping street in Nagasaki City.[2] Their steam turbine propulsion systems were similar to the ones of the Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., but they varied between each ship in the class as part of the JMSDF's attempt to find the best propulsion system for its future surface combatants.[3]
The Ayanami class were the first JMSDF vessels equipped with six 3-inch/50 caliber Mark 22 guns with Mark 33 dual mounts and Mark 32 lightweight torpedoes with two Mark 2 over-the-side launchers.[4] 3-inch guns were controlled by two Mark 63 GFCSs.[5]
All seven vessels names had previously been borne by ships of the World War II-era Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". and Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". classes.
| Pennant no. | Name | Builder[6] | Laid down[6] | Launched[6] | Commissioned [6] | Decommissioned[6] |
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| DD-103/ASU-7004 | Template:JDS | Mitsubishi Zosen, Nagasaki | 20 November 1956 | 1 June 1957 | 12 February 1958 | 25 December 1986 |
| DD-104/TV-3502 | Template:JDS | Shin-Mitsubishi, Kobe | 14 December 1956 | 30 September 1957 | 14 March 1958 | 1 July 1987 |
| DD-105/ASU-7005 | Template:JDS | Kawasaki, Tokyo | 1 February 1957 | 29 August 1957 | 27 February 1958 | 25 December 1986 |
| DD-106/TV-3503 | Template:JDS | Mitsui Zosen, Tamano | 14 December 1956 | 25 September 1957 | 15 March 1958 | 1 July 1987 |
| DD-110/ASU-7009 | Takanami | Mitsui Zosen, Tamano | 8 November 1958 | 8 August 1959 | 30 January 1960 | 1 March 1989 |
| DD-111/ASU-7013 | Ōnami or Oonami[7] | Ishikawajima HI, Kobe | 20 March 1959 | 13 February 1960 | 29 August 1960 | 1 March 1990 |
| DD-112/ASU-7014 | Makinami | Iono HI, Maizuru | 20 March 1959 | 25 April 1960 | 28 October 1960 | 1 March 1990 |
Notes
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- ↑ Sometimes Oonami depending on romanization
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References
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