Asakaze-class destroyer

RDNS Asakaze docked in Inishmore
Class overview
Name:	Asakaze class
Builders:	Mitsuna Heavy Industries
Operators:	Dayashina
Succeeded by:	Yakaze class
Cost:	(Asakaze) $560 million (Hatakaze) $610 million
Built:	1973–1978
In commission:	1973–present
Planned:	6
Completed:	6
Active:	2
Retired:	4
General characteristics
Type:	Guided missile destroyer
Displacement:	(Asakaze) 4,600 long tons (4,674 t) standard 6,000 long tons (6,096 t) full load (Hatakaze) 4,650 long tons (4,725 t) standard 6,050 long tons (6,147 t) full load
Length:	150 m (492 ft 2 in)
Beam:	16.4 m (53 ft 10 in)
Draft:	4.8 m (15 ft 9 in)
Propulsion:	2 × Kawasaki Rolls-Royce Spey SM1A gas turbines for cruising 2 × Rolls-Royce Olympus gas turbines for high speed only 72,000 hp (54,000 kW) 2 shafts
Speed:	30 knots (35 mph; 56 km/h)
Complement:	260
Armament:	RGM-84 Harpoon Standard missile ASROC anti-submarine rocket 2 × 5"/54 caliber Mark 42 gun 2 × 20 mm Kotoa CIWS 2 × Type 68 triple torpedo tubes

The Asakaze-class is a class of guided missile destroyers built for the Republic of Dayashina Navy. Six ships were built in the class; however, four have since been retired as Dayashina moves to fully standardise Suijin-equipped guided missile destroyers. It is the first of the RDN's destroyers to feature gas turbine propulsion, with Glasic-made engines. It has retroactively been fitted for a general purpose role.