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The RJS Atago (DDG-177) on February 28th, 2008.
The Atago-class Guided Missile Destroyer is a class of four destroyers used in the Republic of Japan Navy from 2007 onwards. It is an improved variant of the Kongo-class destroyers that entered service in the 1990s. The Atago-class replaced the Tachikaze-class destroyers that were in service since 1973.
Specifications[]
- Type: Guided Missile Destroyer
- Built: 2004-2008
- 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 tons (Standard), 10,000 tons (Full Load)
- Crew: 300
- Power: 100,000 shp (75 MW)
- Propulsion: 4 x Ishikawajima Harima/General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts 5-bladed CP props
- Range: 4,500 nautical miles (8,334 kilometers) at 20 knots (37.04 km/h)
- Speed: 30 knots (55.56 km/hr)
- Sensor Suite
- OPS-50 AESA RDF
- OPS-28E Surface Search RDF
- OPS-20 Navigational RDF
- FCS-3A Fire Control System
- OYQ-11 Advanced Combat Direction System
- OQQ-2 Integrated ASDIC Suite
- Countermeasures:
- NOLQ-3D Electronic Warfare System
- Armament
- 1 x 155mm naval gun
- 2 x Vertical Launching System (1 64-cell, 1 32-cell) - fires GWS.27 Sea Wolf Mk.III, GWS.31 Sea Dart II, Thunderbolt and VL-Orca)
- 4 x 4-cannister SSM Launcher (fires Type 90 SSM-1B anti-ship missiles)
- 2 x 30mm Goalkeeper CIWS
- 2 x 12.75" Type 68 triple fire torpedo tubes (fires Type 73 lightweight torpedoes)
- Aircraft Carried: 2 x SH-70J or SH-101J maritime helicopters
Unit Run[]
- RJS Atago (DM 177)
- RJS Ashigara (DM 178)
- RJS Maya (DM 179)
- RJS Hagurou (DM 180)