Takatsuki-class destroyer

Ishikawajima-Harima HI (2)

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (2)

4500 LT full load

(Takatsuki and Nagatsuki)

2 × Mitsubishi/WH reaction/impulse steam turbines

2 × Mitsubishi CE water tube boilers

(Kikuzuki)

2 × Mitsubishi/EW impulse steam turbines

2 × Mitsubishi CE water tube boilers

(Mochizuki)

2 × Kawasaki Model NH-300 impulse steam turbines

2 × Kawasaki Model BD-120-1 water tube boilers

260 (Takatsuki, 1985)

OPS-11C EWR (1986)

Mark 56 fire-control system

NOLQ-1 (1986)

2 × Mk.42 5 in guns

1 × 8 ASROC

1 × 4 Bofors 375 mm ASW rocket launcher

2 × 3 Mk.32 ASW torpedo tubes

2 × QH-50D DASH anti-submarine drone helicopter

(Kikuzuki, 1986)

1 × Mk.42 5 in gun

2 × 4 RGM-84 Harpoon

1 × 8 Mk.29 Sea Sparrow

1 × Mk.15 CIWS

1 × 8 ASROC

1 × 4 Bofors 375 mm ASW rocket launcher

2 × 3 Mk.32 ASW torpedo tubes The Takatsuki-class destroyer was a series of four destroyers constructed for and operated by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. Built between 1964 and 1970, the destroyers were mainly used for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) duties and were designed to operate the DASH unmanned ASW drone system. The system did not work and was removed from all four ships in 1977. In the mid-1980s, the first two ships of the class were modernized, receiving surface-to-air and anti-ship missiles. The final two ships were scheduled to be modernized, but the program was cancelled.