JDS Amatsukaze (DDG-163)

JDS Amatsukaze (DDG-163)

"Amatsukaze" was the first Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer to have surface-to-air missiles, and the only ship of its type. Its primary tasks included air defense and ASW. It was launched on October 5, 1963, and decommissioned in 1995.


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