Yukinami-class Guided Missile Destroyer

The Yukinami-class guided missile destroyers are a class of AEGIS combat system equipped air defense destroyers of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force that entered service in 2020 and 2021 respectively. It will replace the Hatakaze-class and complement the Kongou and Atago classes.

Specifications

• Type: Air Defense Destroyer
• Service Period: 2020-
• Characteristics:
  • Length: 561 feet (170.99 meters)
  • Beam: 69 feet (21.03 meters)
  • Draft: 21 feet (6.4 meters)
  • Depth: 39 feet 4 inches (11.99 meters)
  • Displacement: 8,200 tons (Standard); 11,400 tons (Full Load)
• Crew: 340
• Propulsion: 4 x IHI/General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 x shafts, 108,000 shp (81 MW)
• Range: 5,000 nautical miles (9,260 kilometers) at 15 knots (27.78 km/h)
• Speed: 30+ knots (55.56+ km/h)
• Sensor Suite:
  • AN/SPY-1D(V) Multifunction AESA Radar
  • OPS-28E Surface Search Radar
  • OPS-20B Navigation Radar
  • AN/SPQ-9B Fire Control Radar
  • AN/SPG-62 Fire Control Radar x 3
  • AN/SQQ-89(V)15J Anti-Submarine Warfare System
  • OQS-102 Bow Sonar
  • OQR-2D-1 Towed Array Sonar
• Countermeasures:
  • NOLQ-2B Electronic Warfare Suite
  • Mk.36 SBROC
  • MK.137 6-barreled decoy launcher x 4
  • AN/SQS-25C Nixie torpedo countermeasures suite
• Armament:
  • 1 x 5"/62-caliber Mk.45 Mod 4 lightweight naval gun
  • 1 x Mk.41 Mod 20 VLS (fires RGM-109 Tomahak, RUM-139 VL-ASROC, RIM-156 SM-2ER Blk.IV, RIM-161 SM-3, RIM-162 ESSM, RIM-174 SM-6)
  • 2 x Mk.141 Anti-Ship Missile Launchers (fires Type 17 AShMs)
  • 2 x 12.75" Type 68 Mod torpedo tubes (fires Type 73 lightweight torpedoes)
  • 2 x 20mm/70-caliber Mk.15 Mod 25 Phalanx CIWS
• Aircraft Carried: 2 x Mitsubishi SH-60J/K Seahawk maritime helicopters
• Aviation Facilities: Flight deck and enclosed hangar for one helicopter

Unit Run

• JS Yukinami (DDG-181)
• JS Mirai (DDG-182) - sea trials