JDS Amatsukaze (DDG-163)

The Amatsukaze class destroyer was the first Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer to have surface-to-air missiles. Its primary tasks included air defense and ASW. A single unit was launched on October 5, 1963 and decomissioned in 1995.

Combatant ship classes of the JMSDF

DDH : Destroyer Helicopter	13500t class \| Shirane class \| Haruna class
DDG : Guided Missile Destroyer	Atago class \| Kongo class \| Hatakaze class \| Tachikaze class \| Amatsukaze
DD : Destroyer	5000t class \| Takanami class \| Murasame class \| Asagiri class \| Hatsuyuki class \| Akizuki class \| Harukaze class \| Ariake class Ariake / Yugure \| Asakaze class Asakaze / Hatakaze
DDA : All Purpose Destroyer	Takatsuki class \| Murasame class (1958)
DDK : Anti Submarine Destroyer	Minegumo class \| Yamagumo class \| Ayanami class
DE : Destroyer Escort	Abukuma class \| Yubari class \| Ishikari \| Chikugo class \| Isuzu class \| Wakaba \| Ikazuchi class \| Akebono \| Asahi class Asahi / Hatsuhi
PF : Patrol Frigate	Kusu class
SS : Submarine	2900t class \| Oyashio class \| Harushio class \| Yushio class \| Uzushio class \| Asashio class \| Oshio \| Natsushio class \| Hayashio class \| Oyashio (1959) \| Kuroshio (1955)
List	List of combatant ship classes of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force List of ship classes of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force