Murasame-class destroyer (1958)

	Murasame (DD-107)
Class overview
Name	Murasame class
Builders	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries; Nagasaki Shipyard (1); Uraga Dock Company (1) ; Ishikawajima Heavy Industries (1);
Operators	Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Preceded by	Ayanami class
Succeeded by	Akizuki class
In service	1958–1989
Completed	3
Retired	3
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	1,800 long tons (1,829 t) standard
Length	108.0 m (354 ft 4 in)
Beam	11.0 m (36 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	2 × Steam turbines (15,000ps); 2 × shafts;
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement	220
Sensors &; processing systems	Mark 57 fire-control system; Mark 63 fire-control system;
Armament	3 × 5-inch/54 caliber Mk.16 guns; 4 × 3-inch/50 caliber Mk.22 guns; 2 × ASW torpedo racks; 1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar; 2 × Y-gun depth charge throwers; 1 × Depth charge rack;

The Murasame-class destroyer was a destroyer class built for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) in the late 1950s as a successor to the Ayanami-class destroyers. Like its predecessor, its main task was anti-submarine warfare, but its improved weaponry also enabled it to perform better in the anti-air role, so this class was classified as "DDA" (anti-air destroyer or all purpose destroyer) unofficially.