JDS Ayanami (DD-103)

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This page is about the post-war Japanese Ayanami-class destroyer JDS Ayanami (DD-103). For the Imperial Japanese Fubuki-class destroyer, see IJN Ayanami.
JDS Ayanami (DD-103)
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JDS Ayanami (DD-103)
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Description

The Ayanami-class, JDS Ayanami (DD-103) (あやなみ, namesake: Twilled Waves) was the first of the seven Ayanami-class destroyers that were built for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) in the mid-1950s. She was part of a program to expand the JMSDF fleet size with larger and more capable vessels such as destroyers, following the Harukaze-class which were the first post-war destroyers of Japan. Although she was unofficially designated as a DDK/DDE, she was officially classified as a DD due to her size and displacement. She served as a reliable escort ship for many years. However, her armament was inadequate when she entered service but did not receive any major upgrades or modifications until her decommissioning in 1977.

It was introduced in Update "Danger Zone". Technically a destroyer, JDS Ayanami's light armament leads it to be classified as a frigate in-game and be put in the Coastal tree. Compared to the preceding Isuzu, Ayanami is better in every way, having another pair of dual-purpose 76 mm guns, double the number of torpedoes, and is faster and has more crew. The 6 dual-purpose guns and modern FCS allows it to destroy aircraft and fight MTBs and other frigates effectively. Unfortunately, it can meet large destroyer leaders and light cruisers like USS Somers or HMS Dido, which far outclass Ayanami in firepower and have the survivability and size to mostly ignore its guns. Ayanami can try to use its good accuracy and high rate of fire to target the guns of the larger ships, and then escape with smoke or close the distance and target them with torpedoes and depth charges.

General info

Survivability and armour

Armourfront / side / back
Hull16 mm (steel)
Superstructure4 mm (steel)
Number of section6
Displacement2 500 t
Crew220 people

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Mobility

Speedforward / back
AB83 / 38 km/h
RB59 / 27 km/h

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Mobility Characteristics
Game Mode Upgrade Status Maximum Speed (km/h) Turn Time (s) Turn Radius (m)
Forward Reverse
AB Stock ___ ___
Upgraded 83 38
RB/SB Stock ___ ___
Upgraded 59 27

Modifications and economy

Repair costBasic → Reference
AB10 140 → 12 745 Sl icon.png
RB14 587 → 18 335 Sl icon.png
Total cost of modifications283 000 Rp icon.png
421 000 Sl icon.png
Talisman cost2 200 Ge icon.png
Crew training250 000 Sl icon.png
Experts860 000 Sl icon.png
Aces1 800 Ge icon.png
Research Aces780 000 Rp icon.png
Reward for battleAB / RB / SB
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202 / 202 / 202 % Rp icon.png
Modifications
Seakeeping Unsinkability Firepower
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Dry-Docking
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Rudder Replacement
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Propeller Replacement
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Engine Maintenance
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Damage Control Division
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Fire Division
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Smokescreen
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Shrapnel Protection
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Ventilation
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New Pumps
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Ammo Wetting
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76 mm HE-RF
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Improved Rangefinder
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Primary Armament Targeting
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Bomb mortar
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Armament

Primary armament

3 х Turret2 x 3 inch/50 Mk.33 cannon
Ammunition3000 rounds
Belt capacity150 rounds
Fire rate50 shots/min
Vertical guidance-15° / 85°
Main article: 3 inch Mk.33 (76 mm)

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Penetration statistics
Ammunition Type of
warhead
Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
100 m 1,000 m 2,000 m 3,000 m 4,000 m 5,000 m
HC Mk.27 HE 8 8 8 8 8 8
APHE APHE 121 98 77 61 49 39
HE-VT HE-VT 7 7 7 7 7 7
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Ricochet
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HC Mk.27 HE 823 5.9 0 0.1 500 79° 80° 81°
APHE APHE 823 5.9 3 10 63.7 47° 60° 65°
Proximity-fused shell details
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Projectile
mass (kg)
Fuse delay
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Fuse sensitivity
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Arming
distance (m)
Trigger
radius (m)
Explosive mass
(TNT equivalent) (g)
Ricochet
0% 50% 100%
HE-VT HE-VT 823 5.85 0 0.1 548 15 352.8 79° 80° 81°

Additional armament

Setup 18 x 21 inch Type 54 model 3 torpedo
Setup 248 x Mk.10 Hedgehog mortar
Setup 38 x 21 inch Type 54 model 3 torpedo
2 x Mk.10 Hedgehog mortar

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Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

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Pros:

  • 6 guns with HE-VT provides excellent anti-air ability
  • High rate of fire shreds smaller vessels
  • Modern FCS and radar gives the guns very high accuracy and range update time
  • Radar detects aircraft from a long distance away, allows the player to preemptively switch to HE-VT shells

Cons:

  • Meets much larger ships with the firepower to easily destroy it
  • ASW torpedoes are weaker than ones found on destroyers
  • No secondary weapons, means it has to manually switch to HE-VT shells to fight aircraft

History

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Media

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See also

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  • reference to the series of the ship;
  • links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.

External links

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (三菱重工業株式会社)
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Type 61  ST-A1 · ST-A2 · ST-A3 · Type 61
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F-1  T-2 Early · T-2 · F-1
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Destroyers (DD) 
Harukaze-class  JDS Harukaze (DD-101)
Ayanami-class  JDS Ayanami (DD-103)
  MHI's shipyards are positioned in Kobe, Nagasaki, and Shimonoseki
  * Licensed Production / Variants
See also  Mitsubishi Aircraft Company (1928-1945) · Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (1938-1945) · Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Company (1884-1945)
  North American Aviation · Lockheed · McDonnell Aircraft Corporation

Japan frigates
  IJN
Escort  IJN Syonan
  JMSDF
Destroyer Escort  JDS Akebono · JDS Ikazuchi · JDS Isuzu · JDS Chikugo
Destroyer  JDS Ayanami