Japan (Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force)
- Akebono class - 1 ship decommissioned 1976
- Ikazuchi class - 2 ships decommissioned 1976 & 1977
- Isuzu class - 4 ships all decommissioned 1991 to 1993
- Chikugo class - 11 ships all decommissioned 1996 to 2003
- Ishikari class - 1 ship commissioned 1981
- Yubari class - 2 ships commissioned 1983 & 1984
- Abukuma class - 6 ships commissioned 1989 to 1993
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“I do not know that the United States can save civilization but at least by our example we can make people think and give them the opportunity of saving themselves. The trouble is that the people of Germany, Italy and Japan are not given the privilege of thinking.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)
“Murder begins where self-defense ends.”
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