Suzume-class destroyer

TNS Āku (DDV-112) in 2015
Class overview
Builders:	Tao United Shipbuilding Corporation
Operators:	UST
Preceded by:	Ōkami-class
Succeeded by:	Ein-class
Planned:	12
Completed:	10
Cancelled:	2
Active:	10
General characteristics
Type:	General-purpose destroyer
Displacement:	4,550 tons normal 6,200 tons full load
Length:	151 m (495 ft)
Beam:	17.4 m (57 ft)
Draft:	5.2 m (17 ft)
Propulsion:	4 x Ein Heavy Industries gas turbines 60,000 bhp (45 MW)
Speed:	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement:	165 enlisted and officers
Armament:	1 × 3 inch (76.2mm/J40) naval gun 2 x Sūkikyō CIWS 2 × Missile canister up to 8 Type 95 (ship to ship missile) 2 × triple 325mm torpedo tubes 2 x 16-cell VLS (anti air, and submarine)
Aircraft carried:	Up to 1 helicopter

The Suzume-class destroyer is a class of general-purpose destroyers, constructed for the United States of the Tao Navy. This is the first class of the Taoist "next-gen" general-purpose destroyers of the USTN.