Atago-class Guided Missile Destroyer

The Atago-class Guided Missile Destroyer is a class of four destroyers used in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force from 2007 onwards. It is an improved variant of the Kongou-class DDGs that entered service in the 1990s. The Atago-class replaced the Tachikaze-class destroyers that were in service since 1973.

Specifications

 * Type: Guided Missile Destroyer (Hull designation symbol DDG)
 * Built: 2004-2008
 * Service Period: 2007-Present
 * Characteristics
 * Length: 560 ft (170.69 meters)
 * Beam: 68 ft 10.8 in (21 meters)
 * Draught: 20 ft 3.6 in (6.19 meters)
 * Displacement: 8,488 tons (Standard), 11,023 tons (Full Load)
 * Crew: 300
 * Propulsion: 4 x Ishikawajima Harima/General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts 5-bladed CP props, 100,000 shp (75 MW)
 * Range: 4,500 nautical miles (8,334 kilometers) at 20 knots (37.04 km/h)
 * Speed: 30 knots (55.56 km/hr)
 * Sensor Suite
 * AN/SPY-1D(V) Air Search Radar
 * AN/OPS-28 Surface Search Radar
 * AN/SQS-53C Sonar
 * AN/SPG-62 Fire Control Radar x 3
 * AN/SQQ-89 Undersea Warfare Combat System
 * Mark 46 Optronic director
 * Mark 116 Fire Control System
 * Mark 160 Fire Control System
 * Countermeasures:
 * NOLQ-2 Electronic Warfare System
 * Mark 36 Mod 12 SBROC
 * Armament
 * 1 x Mark 45 Mod 4 5"/62-caliber naval gun
 * 2 x Mark 41 Vertical Launching System (1 64-cell, 1 32-cell) - fires RIM-66 SM-2 Block IIIA, RUM-139 VL-ASROC, RIM-161 SM-3, RIM-162 ESSM)
 * 4 x Mark 141 Missile Launcher (fires RGM-84 Harpoon and Type 90 SSM-1B)
 * 2 x Mark 15 Block II Phalanx CIWS
 * 2 x Type 68 triple fire torpedo tubes
 * Aircraft Carried: 1 x Mitsubishi SH-60K Seahawk maritime helicopter
 * Aviation Facilities: Flight deck and enclosed hangar for one helicopter

Unit Run

 * JS Atago (DDG-177)
 * JS Ashigara (DDG-178)
 * JS Maya (DDG-179)
 * JS Takao (DDG-180)