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DE 201 Akebono class

She is one of the first domestic built frigate post Pacific War.

Technical Data

Standard Displacement 1075t
Length 91.85m
Beam 8.70m
Draught 3.15m
Machine Type 2 Ishikawajima Foster Wheeler Boiler
2 Ishikawajima Kanhon Turbine
Output 18000PS
Number of shaft 2
Speed 28.9kt
Crew 193

Armaments

  Original Refit (1959)
Guns 2 Type 54/Mk 22 3in/50(I)
2 Mk 1 40mm(II)		 2 Type 54/Mk 34 3in/50(I)
1 Mk 1 40mm(II)
AS Weapons 1 Type 54/Mk 10 Hedgehog Launcher
8 Type 54/Mk 6 K-Gun
2 Type 54 Depth Charge Rack		 1 Type 54/Mk 10 Hedgehog Launcher
4 Type 54/Mk 6 K-Gun
1 Type 54 Depth Charge Rack
Electronic Equipment 1 OPS-2 AS Radar
1 OPS-3 SS Radar
3 Mk51 GFCS
1 QHBa Search Sonar
1 QDA Attack Sonar		 1 OPS-2 AS Radar
1 OPS-3 SS Radar
1 Mk34 FCS Radar
1 Mk51 GFCS
1 Mk63 GFCS
1 SPS-11A Sonar
1 SQR-4/SQA-4 Sonar

Names

Name Laid Down Launched Completed Deleted
DE 201 Akebono 1954/12/10 1955/10/15 1956/03/20 1976/03/31 (YAC 29)
1981/03/31