SUZUTSUKI

Suzutsuki (DD-117) is a modern Japanese missile destroyer, the keel of which was laid in 2011, launched in October 2012, and commissioned in March 2014. The total length of the ship is 150.5 meters and a width of 18.3 meters. Full displacement reaches 6,800 tons and maximum speed up to 30 knots. The destroyer is armed with: a single 127 mm gun, two 20 mm Vulcan Phalanx sets, a single 8-rail Type 90 rocket launcher or a 32-rail VLS Mk.41 rocket launcher. The ship can also operate a single SH-60K helicopter. Suzutsuki (DD-117) is the third of four Akizuki-class ships. The Akizuki-class ships were designed and built as escort units for helicopter destroyers, and de facto light aircraft carriers, the Hyuga and Izumo-class, and Kongo or Atago-class units. Their main task is to combat anti-aircraft threats, although they also have considerable ability to combat underwater and surface targets. It is fairly commonly accepted that the Akizuki-class destroyers are a largely enlarged Takanami-type. Further differences between the two types also lie in the propulsion units used, the use of much more modern sensors or the use of the ATECS battlefield management system by Akizuki ships. It is worth adding that the Suzutsuki (DD-117) was built at the Nagasaki shipyard owned by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. Its name refers to one of the Japanese destroyers from the Second World War.