Yakaze-class destroyer

RDNS Yakaze docked in Sora
Class overview
Name:	Yakaze class
Builders:	Mitsuna Heavy Industries Kagawa Corporation
Operators:	Dayashina Themiclesia
Preceded by:	Asakaze class
Succeeded by:	Miyuki class
Cost:	$1 billion (est)
Built:	1980–1984
In commission:	1983–
Planned:	11
Building:	0
Completed:	11
Active:	11
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
Electronic warfare & decoys:	ESM/ECM: NOLQ-2 (Flight II) 4x Mark 36 SRBOC (Flight II)
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 16 Yeomna or Naginata 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 (Flight I) Quad-packed Vasama (Flight II) NM-83 Masakari 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 and enclosed hangar for one helicopter

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 Emil-si-class Suijin-equipped guided missile destroyers. Three Yakaze-class destroyers were sold to Themiclesia to fulfill a need for significantly upgraded AAW capabilities with increased threat from Maverica.

The Yakaze-class destroyers in service with the RDN have all been upgraded to Flight II, with electronic warfare capabilities identical to that of the Miyuki-class standard.