Takanami-class Destroyer

The JDS Makinami (DD-112) at sea in 2007 with an SH-60J Seahawk coming in for a landing.

The Takanami-class destroyers are a class of Japanese guided-missile and ASW destroyer, serving with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). It is an evolution of the Murasame-class destroyers, fitted with a larger 127 mm gun, a Mk 41 vertical launch missile system, and an improved fire control system, as well as a new sonar system. The older Sea Sparrow anti-air missile has been replaced by the new Evolved Sea Sparrow ESSM (RIM-162) missile in these new-construction warships. All ships in the class are named for World War II destroyers

Specifications

• Type: Multirole Destroyer (Hull designation symbol DD)
• Service Period: March 12, 2003 - Present
• Characteristics
  • Length: 495 feet (150.88 meters)
  • Beam: 57 feet 1 inch (17.4 meters)
  • Height: 35 feet 9 inches (10.9 meters)
  • Draft: 17 feet 5 inches (5.31 meters)
  • Displacement: 4,650 tons standard 6,300 tons full load
• Crew: 175
• Propulsion: 2 x Ishikawajima-Harima LM-2500 gas turbines, 2 z Kawasaki Rolls Royce Spey SM1C gas turbines, 60,000 shp (45 MW), 2 shafts
• Speed: 30 knots (55.56 km/h)
• Sensor Suite:
  • OPS-24B AESA Radar
  • OPS-28D Surface Search Radar
  • OPS-20 Navigational Radar
  • OQS-5 Sonar
  • OQR-2 Towed Sonar
  • Type 81 Fire Control System
• Countermeasures
  • NOLQ-3 intercept / jammer
  • AN/SLQ-25C Nixie Torpedo Countermeasures Suite
  • SRBOC RL
• Armament
  • 1 x OTO-Melara 127mm/64-caliber lightweight naval gun
  • 1 x 32-cell Mk.41 VLS (fires RUM-139 VL-ASROC and RIM-162 ESSM)
  • 2 x 4-cannister Mk.141 SSM Launcher (fires Type-90 Anti-Ship Missiles)
  • 2 x Type-68 12.75" triple fire torpedo tubes (fires Type 73 lightweight torpedoes)
  • 2 x 20mm Phalanx CIWS
• Aircraft Carried: 1 x Mitsubishi SH-60K Seahawk maritime helicopter

Unit Run

• JS Takanami (DD-110)
• JS Onami (DD-111)
• JS Makinami (DD-112)
• JS Sazanami (DD-113)
• JS Suzunami (DD-114)