The Sagami-class destroyers are a class eight general purpose destroyers in service in the Japanese People's Naval Self-Defense Force from 2002 onwards. They are primarily geared towards anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare.
Specifications[]
- Type: Destroyer
- Service Period: 2002-Present
- Characteristics:
- Length: 500 feet (152.4 meters)
- Beam: 60 feet (18.29 meters)
- Draft: 21 feet (6.4 meters)
- Displacement: 5,950 tons (Standard); 8,100 tons (Full Load)
- Crew: 320
- Propulsion: 4 x Gas Turbines, 2 x shafts, 80,000 shp (60 MW)
- Range: 6,400 nautical miles (11,853 kilometers) at 18 knots (33.34 km/h)
- Speed: 30 knots (55.56 km/h)
- Sensor Suite:
- AN/SPS-48G 3D Air Search Radar
- AN/SPS-49(V)9 2D Air Search Radar
- AN/SPS-73 Surface Search Radar
- AN/SPQ-9B Gun Fire Control Radar
- AN/SPG-62 Missile Fire Control Radar
- AN/SQS-53D Hull Mounted Sonar
- AN/SQR-19 Towed Array Sonar
- Countermeasures:
- AN/SLQ-25C Nixie Torpedo Countermeasures Suite
- AN/SLQ-32(V)6 Electronic Warfare Suite
- Mk.36 SBROC Decoy Launcher
- Armament:
- 1 x 5"/62-caliber Mk.45 Mod 4 naval gun
- 1 x 32-cell Mk.41 VLS (fires RGM-109 Tomahawk,RUM-139 VL-ASROC, RIM-162 ESSM)
- 2 x 4-cannister Mk.141 SSM Launchers (fires RGM-84L Harpoon Blk.II AShMs)
- 2 x Mk.49 SAM Launchers (Fires RIM-141 Rolling Airframe Missiles)
- 2 x 12.75" Mk.32 triple torpedo tubes (fires Mk.46 torpedoes)
- Aircraft Carried: 1 x Stratford SH-60/91J maritime helicopter
- Aviation Facilities: Helicopter Pad and Enclosed Hangar
Unit Run[]
- JPS Sagami (DD-27)
- JPS Iki (DD-28)
- JPS Tango (DD-29)
- JPS Mishima (DD-30)
- JPS Sango (DD-31)
- JPS Okinoshima (DD-32)
- JPS Hizen (DD-33)
- JPS Suwo (DD-34)