Shirane-class Helicopter Destroyer
The Shirane-class destroyers are a class of Japanese destroyer originally built during the late 1970s and still in active service in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. They are built around a large central hangar which houses up to three helicopters and they are the natural successor of the Haruna-class destroyers.
The Shirane-class incorporates an improved design based on the Haruna-class destroyers. The Shirane-class is also the first Japanese ships to be fitted with 3D radars, the NEC OPS-12. The ships propulsion include two steam boilers with two shafts that produce 70,000 shp and gives a maximum speed of 32 knots. Its armament includes two Mk.42 5"/54-caliber guns, two 20mm Phalanx CIWS, one Mk.25 Sea Sparrow missile launcher, torpedoes and anti-submarine rockets. The ships were replaced by the new Izumo-class helicopter destroyers.
Specifications[edit | edit source]
- Type: Helicopter Destroyer
- Service Period: 1980-Present
- Characteristics:
- Length: 522 feet (159.11 meters)
- Beam: 57 feet 5 inches (17.5 meters)
- Draft: 17 feet 5 inches (5.31 meters)
- Displacement: 5,200 tons (Standard); 7,500 tons (Full Load)
- Crew: 350-360
- Propulsion: 2 x IHI FWD2 boilers 850 psi (60 kg/cm², 5.9 MPa), 430 °C, 2 x IHI impulse steam turbines, 2 shafts, 70,000 shp (52 MW)
- Range:
- Speed: 32 knots (59.26 km/h)
- Sensor Suite:
- OPS-12 3D Air Search Radar
- OPS-28 Surface Search Radar
- OPS-22 Navigation Radar
- FCS-1A Gun Fire Control System
- WM-25 SAM Fire Control System (replaced by FCS-2-12 Fire Control System)
- OQS-101 Hull Mounted Sonar
- AN/SQS-35(J) Variable Depth Sonar
- AN/SQR-18A Towed Array Sonar
- Countermeasures:
- NOLQ-1 Electronic Warfare Suite
- OLR-9B Radar Warning Receiver
- AN/SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo countermeasures suite
- 4 x Mk.36 SBROC
- Armament:
- 2 x 5"/54-caliber Type 73 naval guns
- 1 x Mk.25 Sea Sparrow missile launcher
- 1 x Type 74 ASROC Launcher
- 2 x 12.75" Type 68 triple fire torpedo tubes
- 2 x 20mm/70-caliber Mk.15 Phalanx CIWS
- Aircraft Carried: 3 x Mitsubishi SH-60J(K) Seahawk maritime helicopters
Unit Run[edit | edit source]
- JS Shirane (DDH-143)
- JS Kurama (DDH-144)