Kongo class destroyer

The Kongo-class guided missile destroyers a class of warship in service in the Republic of Japan Navy. They are complemented by the newer Atago-class guided missile destroyers.

Specifications[]

Type: Air Defense Destroyer
Service Period: 1993-Present
Characteristics
- Length: 528.2 feet (161 meters)
- Beam: 68.9 feet (21 meters)
- Draft: 20.3 feet (6.19 meters)
- Displacement: 7,500 tons (Standard); 9,500 tons (Full Load)
Crew: 300
Propulsion: 4 x Ishikawajima Harima/Rolls Royce WR-21 gas turbines, 4 x Converteam electric motors 2 x shafts, 115,200 shp (75,000 kW)
Range: 6,000 nautical miles (11,112 kilometers) at 20 knots (37.04 km/h)
Speed: 30+ Knots (55.56+ km/hr)
Sensor Suite:
- Type 1045 SAMPSON Multifunction AESA RDF
- Type 1046 S1850M Long Range Air Search RDF
- OPS-28D Surface Search RDF
- OPS-20 Navigation RDF
- FCS-2-21G Fire Control System
- OQS-102 Bow Mounted ASDIC
- OQR-2 Towed Array ASDIC
Countermeasures:
- NOLQ-2 Intercept / Jammer
- Sea Gnat
Armament
- 1 x QF 4.5"/55-caliber Mk.8B naval gun
- 2 x Vertical Launching System (1 x 32-cell bow, 1 x 64-cell aft) - fires GWS.31 VL-Sea Dart Mk.II AAMs, GWS.27 Sea Wolf, AAMs Broadsword AShMs, VL-Orca and Storm Wind cruise missiles
- 2 x 30mm Goalkeeper CIWS
- 2 x Type 68 triple torpedo tubes (6 x Type 73 torpedoes)