Atago-class Guided Missile Destroyer

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The JS Atago (DDG-177).

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. They will be complemented by the Yukinami-class from 2020 onwards.

Specifications[edit | edit source]

  • Type: Guided Missile Destroyer (Hull designation symbol DDG)
  • Built: 2004-2011
  • 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: 7,700-8,200 tons (Standard), 10,000-10,250 tons (Full Load)
  • Crew: 300
  • Propulsion: 4 x Ishikawajima Harima/General Electric LM2500-30IEC gas turbines, 2 shafts 5-bladed CP props, 100,000 shp (75 MW)
  • Range: 6,000 nautical miles (11,112 kilometers) at 20 knots (37.04 km/h)
  • Speed: 30 knots (55.56 km/hr)
  • Sensor Suite
    • AN/SPY-1D(V) Air Search Radar
    • OPS-28E Surface Search Radar
    • OPS-20B Navigation Radar
    • AN/SPG-62 Fire Control Radar x 4
    • AN/SPQ-9B Gun Fire Control Radar
    • OQS-102 Bow Sonar
    • OQR-2D-1 Towed Array Sonar
  • Countermeasures:
    • NOLQ-2B Electronic Warfare System
    • Mark 36 Mod 12 SBROC
  • Armament
    • 1 x 5"/62-caliber Mk.45 mod 4 lightweight naval gun
    • 1 x Mk.41 mod 20 VLS (64+32) (fires RIM-66M5 SM-2ER, RUM-139 VL-ASROC, RIM-161 SM-3, RIM-162C ESSM, RIM-174 SM-6)
    • 2 x Mk.141 SSM Launchers (fires Type 90 and Type 17 AShMs)
    • 2 x 12.75" Type 68 triple torpedo tubes (fires Mk.46 mod 5 lightweight torpedoes)
    • 2 x 20mm/70-caliber Mk.15 mod 25 Phalanx CIWS
  • Aircraft Carried: 1 x Mitsubishi SH-60J/K Seahawk maritime helicopter
  • Aviation Facilities: Flight deck and enclosed hangar for one helicopter

Unit Run[edit | edit source]

Batch I[edit | edit source]

  • JS Atago (DDG-177)
  • JS Ashigara (DDG-178)

Batch II[edit | edit source]

  • JS Maya (DDG-179)
  • JS Haguro (DDG-180)

See Also[edit | edit source]

Related Development[edit | edit source]

Comparable Vessels[edit | edit source]