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Asakaze class - former USN destroyers supplied under Mutual Defense Assistance (1954-1970) Asakaze (DD-181) , formerly USS Ellyson (DD-454) Hatakaze (DD-182) , formerly USS Macomb (DD-458)
JDS Harukaze (DD-101) was the lead ship of Harukaze-class destroyers, and the first destroyer of the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force to be built in Japan since the end of World War II. [ 2 ] Construction and career
List of destroyers of World War II Ship Operator Class Type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate Aaron Ward (DD-483) United States Navy: Gleaves: Destroyer 1,630 4 March 1942 sunk 7 April 1943 [5] Aaron Ward (DM-34) Robert H. Smith: Destroyer minelayer: 2,200 28 October 1944 decommissioned 1945, sold for scrap 1946 Abbot: Fletcher ...
In 1930, the London Naval Treaty was concluded in which the IJN received a heavy limit on the destroyers. The IJN planned to build the under 600 ton-class destroyer which were not limited by the treaty, and the category of torpedo boat was revived for them. The aim for these ships was to have half the armament of the Fubuki-class destroyer.
Ayanami-class: Destroyer: Ayanami Shikinami Asagiri Yūgiri Amagiri Sagiri Oboro Akebono Sazanami Ushio: 1,750 tonnes Also known as Type II Fubuki-class. Akatsuki-class: Destroyer: Akatsuki Hibiki Ikazuchi Inazuma: 1,750 tonnes Also known as Type III Fubuki-class. Hatsuharu-class: Destroyer: Hatsuharu Nenohi Wakaba Hatsushimo Ariake Yūgure ...
The JMSDF operates two multi-purpose operation destroyers (de facto aircraft carriers), two helicopter carriers (called helicopter destroyers), 36 destroyers, six frigates, six destroyer escorts, 23 attack submarines, 19 mine countermeasure vessels, six patrol vessels, three landing ship tanks, seven training vessels, and a fleet of various ...
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.
This list of ships of the Second World War contains major military vessels of the war, arranged alphabetically and by type. The list includes armed vessels that served during the war and in the immediate aftermath, inclusive of localized ongoing combat operations, garrison surrenders, post-surrender occupation, colony re-occupation, troop and prisoner repatriation, to the end of 1945.