Yakaze-class destroyer

RDNS Yakaze docked in Sora
Class overview
Name:	Yakaze class
Builders:	Mitsuna Heavy Industries Kagawa Corporation
Operators:	Dayashina
Preceded by:	Asakaze class
Succeeded by:	Miyuki class
Cost:	$1 billion (est)
Built:	1990–1997
In commission:	1997–
Planned:	8
Building:	0
Completed:	8
Active:	8
General characteristics
Type:	Guided missile destroyer
Displacement:	7,500 tonnes standard 9,500 tonnes full load
Length:	161 m (528 ft 3 in)
Beam:	21 m (68 ft 11 in)
Draft:	6.2 m (20 ft 4 in)
Depth:	13 m (42 ft 8 in)
Propulsion:	4 Kagawa/Glasic General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines Two shafts 5-bladed CP props 68,010 shp (50,720 kW)
Speed:	30 knots (56 km/h)
Range:	4,500 nmi at 20 knots
Complement:	300
Armament:	1 × 5 inch (127mm/L62) Mk-45 Mod 4 naval gun in a stealth-shaped mount. (Made by Dayashina Steel licensed from its original manufacturer) (Universal upgrade) 2 × missile canister up to 8 RGM-84 Harpoon (Flight I) or Type 90 (Flight II) anti-ship missile 2 × 20 mm Tsukuyomi CIWS 2 × Type 68 triple torpedo tubes (6 × Mk-46 or Type 73 torpedoes) 90-cell Mk-41 VLS: (60 at the bow / 30 cells at the stern aft) for a mix of: Quad-packed ESSM BGM-109 SM-2MR Standard Missile SM-3 Anti-Ballistic Missile RUM-139 VL-ASROC
Aircraft carried:	1 × Mitsuna SH-60 Seahawk helicopter
Aviation facilities:	Flight deck only

The Yakaze-class is a class of guided missile destroyers built for the Republic of Dayashina Navy. Eight ships were built in it's class, making in the RDN's most widely proliferated AAW destroyer. The Yakaze-class is considered a revolutionary naval achievement by defence analysts, being the first ship in the world to be equipped with the Suijin combat system. It served as the model for the development of the Menghean Placeholder-class Suijin-equipped guided missile destroyers.