JDS Amatsukaze (DDG-163) was a guided missile destroyer (DDG) of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), and the only ship of her class. She was the first Japanese surface combatant equipped with surface-to-air missiles.
JDS Amatsukaze underway, date unknown.
JDS Amatsukaze’s right propeller on display at Yokosuka Naval Base.
JS Hiei (DDH-142) was the second ship of the Haruna-class helicopter destroyer of the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force.
JDS Hiei at Pearl Harbor on 5 July 2006
JDS Hiei underway on 3 February 1985
JDS Hiei and JDS Asagumo at Subic Bay on 1 August 1988
JS Hiei departs Pearl Harbor on 5 July July 2006