dd115 akizuki class destroyer

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the akizuki-class destroyer is a destroyer class of the jmsdf - four ships were built. the akizuki class is intended to escort the hyuga class and izumo class helicopter destroyers, and safeguard the other aegis guided warships such as the kongō class and atago-class of the jmsdf. the destroyer provides defense against surface, airborne and undersea threats. this class used to be designated 19dd - referring to a date on the japanese calendar, specifically the 19th fiscal year of the heisei period (2007). the hull structure was based on the one of the takanami class destroyer. there are many small improvements, such as cleaner lines to reduce the radar signature and decoys for torpedoes; but the principal changes can be summed up as more powerful engines, sensors, sonar and the indigenous atecs battle management system that has been called the japanese aegis