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JDS Amatsukaze (DDG-163) was a guided missile destroyer (DDG) of the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF), and the only ship of her class. She was the first Japanese surface combatant equipped with surface-to-air-missile.
JDS Amatsukaze was planned as the DDG variant of the preceding Akizuki class destroyers, mounting the American "Tartar Guided Missile Fire Control System" weapon system. However, the Tartar system turned out to be larger than expected, so Amatsukaze's design was altered completely, with an enlarged hull and with a shelter-deck design based on that of the Isuzu class and uprated steam turbines.

Description
JDS Amatsukaze (DDG-163) was a guided missile destroyer (DDG) of the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF), and the only ship of her class. She was the first Japanese surface combatant equipped with surface-to-air-missile.
JDS Amatsukaze was planned as the DDG variant of the preceding Akizuki class destroyers, mounting the American "Tartar Guided Missile Fire Control System" weapon system. However, the Tartar system turned out to be larger than expected, so Amatsukaze's design was altered completely, with an enlarged hull and with a shelter-deck design based on that of the Isuzu class and uprated steam turbines.