Isuzu-class destroyer escort

	JS Isuzu
Class overview
Name	Isuzu class
Operators	Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Preceded by	Ikazuchi class
Succeeded by	Chikugo class
In commission	1961–1993
Completed	4
Retired	4
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer escort
Displacement	1,490 long tons (1,514 t) standard; 1,700 long tons (1,727 t) full load;
Length	94.0 m (308 ft 5 in)
Beam	10.2 m (33 ft 6 in)
Draught	3.5 m (11 ft 6 in)
Depth	7.0 m (23 ft 0 in)
Propulsion	Diesel engines, 2 shafts
Speed	25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Complement	183
Sensors &; processing systems	Mark 63 fire-control system
Armament	4 × 3 in/50 cal. Mk.22 guns (Type 57); 1 × Y-gun depth charge throwers; 1 × depth charge rack; 4 × 533 mm torpedo tubes; Earlier batch (DE-211, 212); 1 × Mk.108 ASW rocket launcher; 2 × Mk.2 ASW torpedo racks; Latter batch (DE-213, 214); 1 × Bofors M/50 375 mm ASW rocket launcher; 2 × Type 68 triple 324 mm torpedo tubes;

The Isuzu-class destroyer escorts were four destroyer escorts (or frigates) built for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) in the early 1960s. The latter two (Kitakami and Ōi) were quite different from the earlier two vessels in their propulsion and weaponry, so sometimes they were classified as the "Kitakami class".