Kongou-class Guided Missile Destroyer

The Kongō-class Guided Missile Destroyer (こんごう型護衛艦 Kongō-gata Goeikan?)serves as the core ship of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF)'s Escort Flotillas. They are a modification of the United States Navy's Arleigh Burke class (Flight I).

Specifications

 * Type: Guided Missile Destroyer (Hull designation symbol DDG)
 * Service Period: 1993-Present
 * Characteristics
 * Length: 528.2 feet (161 meters)
 * Beam: 68.9 feet (21 meters)
 * Draft: 20.3 feet (6.19 meters)
 * Displacement: 7,500 tons (Standard); 9,500 tons (Full Load)
 * Crew: 300
 * Power: 100,000 shp (75 MW)
 * Propulsion: 4 x Ishikawajima Harima/General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts
 * Range: 4,500 nautical miles at 20 knots at (8,334 km at 37.04 km/h)
 * Speed: 30 Knots (55.56 km/hr)
 * Sensor Suite
 * AN/SPY-1D Air Search Radar
 * NOLQ-2 Intercept / Jammer
 * OYQ-9 Combat Direction System
 * OPS-28 Surface Search Radar
 * OQS-102 Bow Mounted Sonar
 * OYQ-103 ASW Control System
 * Armament
 * 1 x 127mm/54-caliber Oto-Breda Compact Gun
 * 2 x Mark 41 Vertical Launching System (1 x 29-cell bow, 1 x 61-cell aft) - fires RIM-66 SM-2MR, RGM-84 Harpoon, RUM-139 VL-ASROC, RIM-161 SM-3
 * 2 x 20mm Phalanx CIWS
 * 2 x Type 68 triple torpedo tubes (6 x Mk-46 or Type 73 torpedoes)

Unit Run

 * JS Kongou (DDG-173)
 * JS Kirishima (DDG-174)
 * JS Myoko (DDG-175)
 * JS Choukai (DDG-176)