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The ''Hatakaze'' class of guided missile destroyers is a third generation class of vessels in service with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). They were the first of the JMSDF's ships to have gas-turbine propulsion. The core weapon suite is similar to that of the preceding , but various improvements were made in many areas. Most notable are those that allow the ''Hatakaze'' class to function as a group flagship. Normally this duty resides with a larger type of ship, but in case of their absence due to repairs, accident, or battle damage, the ''Hatakaze'' design allows for it to function as a command ship. ''Hatakaze'' destroyers operate the OYQ-4-1 type tactical control system. Its weapon systems include the Standard missile surface-to-air missile, anti-submarine rockets, the RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missile, two Mark 15 20 mm CIWS gun mounts, two torpedo mounts in a triple tube configuration and two 5 inch/54 caliber Mark 42 rapid-fire guns. == Namesakes == ''Hatakaze'' was also the name of a pre–World War II destroyer of the ''Kamikaze'' class. Commissioned on 1 August 1924, ''Hatakaze'' was finally sunk by aerial attack on 15 January 1945. The name was also shared by an Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer of 3048 tons, built at Maizuru Shipywards in Japan. She was completed in May 1943, being extremely large and fast, with a very heavy torpedo armament. ''Shimakaze'' was sunk by U.S. Navy carrier-based aircraft in the Philippines area on 11 November 1944, along with three other destroyers in the Ormoc Bay area, while escorting troop transports to the vicinity. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hatakaze-class destroyer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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