Author: Yuri does not take revenge today, and it is forbidden to reprint without permission
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force is a powerful maritime force in East Asia. Especially in the 1980s, when Japan's economy was at its peak, the Maritime Self-Defense Force was the number one thug of the U.S. Navy in the Far East, relying on the "New 88 Fleet" to form a modern ocean-going surface ship force, and now, the Hatsuyuki-class universal destroyers, which were the absolute main force of the "New 88 Fleet", have finally all been retired from the Haizi First Line Fleet.
On April 7, the 9th Hatsuyuki-class guided-missile destroyer, matsuyuki (hull number DD-130), was officially decommissioned at Maizuru Port. Before decommissioning, the destroyer, which had been in service for 35 years (commissioned in March 1986), had "retreated to the second line" and worked in the 14th Guard (Local Team) of the Maritime Self-Defense Force, mainly responsible for anti-submarine, vigilance and other combat tasks on the mainland.
Image: Pine Snow
Hatsuyuki-class universal destroyers, the absolute main force of the Maritime Self-Defense Force in the 1980s, built a total of 12 destroyers, and to this day is still the largest number of single-type destroyers built by the Maritime Self-Defense Forces after the war, the first ship "Hatsuyuki" (DD-122) was commissioned in 1982, and the 12th "Shimayuki" (DD-133) was commissioned in 1987, more than 5 years, by Mitsubishi Nagasaki, Sumitomo Uraga, Ishikawashima Harima Heavy Industries Tokyo Shipyard, Hitachi Maizuru, Mitsui Tano, these five shipyards, therefore, In the 1980s, when Japan's economy was at its strongest, the Maritime Self-Defense Force also ushered in a wave of "dumpling tide".
Photo: Hatsuyuki, the superstructure is quite crowded
The Hatsuyuki class was the first generation of all-fire destroyers of the Maritime Self-Defense Force to use full combustion, and also opened the way for them to achieve full combustion of surface main battleships in the future. It has a light load displacement of 2950 tons, a full load of about 4000 tons, using 2 sets of Imperial Olympus TM3B accelerated gas turbines and 2 sets of Tyne RM1C cruise gas turbines, with a speed of 30 knots, the gas turbine is not only small in size, but also makes the ship's self-noise significantly reduced, which is very suitable for anti-submarine missions.
Picture: Changed to "mountain snow" of the training ship, with sea sparrows at the stern
In terms of armament, the Hatsuyuki class and the 8 Asagiri class that have been enlarged and improved on its basis are basically the same, which is a reproduction of the "Spruance" class destroyers built and commissioned earlier by the U.S. Navy.
The main submarine weapons are the bow 8 combined "Aslok" anti-submarine missile, the anti-aircraft weapon is the stern of the 8-piece "NATO Sea Sparrow" point defense ship-to-air missile and 2 groups of "dense array", the sea strike weapon is also 2 groups of 4-group American-made "Harpoon" anti-ship missiles, the bow has another 76mm Otto rapid-fire gun, the stern can carry 1 HSS-2B "Sea King" or 1 SH-60J "Seahawk" anti-submarine helicopter, it should be said that the First Snow class to "Spruance" class half of the tonnage, to achieve a basically equivalent anti-submarine, Air defense and firepower against the sea.
Photo: Very petite with spruance class
In the mid-to-late 1980s, the strength of the Maritime Self-Defense Force expanded rapidly, with 12 Hatsuyuki-class and 8 Asagiri-class ships in service between 1988 and 1991, and 20 4,000-ton general-purpose destroyers in one go, so they formed an ocean-going escort group of "8 ships and 8 aircraft", consisting of 8 destroyers and 8 carrier-based helicopters.
Usually by 1 "Hazel" class or "Bai Gen" class helicopter destroyer partner flagship, 1-2 "Qifeng" class or "King Kong" class Aegis destroyers in service in the 90s as air defense umbrellas, and another 5-6 are Hatsuyuki class or Asagiri class anti-submarine destroyers, the entire ocean combat group has super anti-submarine capabilities and good sea and air defense capabilities, worthy of the "Seventh Fleet Anti-Submarine Brigade" reputation.
Picture: 1 Haruna, 1 Kong, 1 Flag Wind, 3 Hatsuyuki, 2 Asagiri
Now the Hatsuyuki class has all been retired (some are still practicing fleets as training ships), the Asagiri class has basically withdrawn from the front line, and the main general destroyers of the Maritime Self-Defense Force have 9 Murayu class, 5 High Wave class, 4 Akizuki class and 2 Asahi class, still maintaining the overall scale of 20 ships, but now, we no longer envy them, but Japan itself is constantly timid, weak-hearted, and everywhere they say: "My father is the United States."