RJS Shirane (DDH-143) and RJS Myoko (DM 175) sailing together in formation on August 7th, 2012.
The Shirane-class destroyers are a pair of West Japanese destroyers originally built during the late 1970s and still in active service. They are built around a large central hangar which houses up to three helicopters and they are the natural successor of the Haruna-class destroyers.
They were to be decommissioned in mid-2015 and sold to the Philippines as BRP Suriago and BRP Samar.
Specifications[]
- Type: Helicopter Destroyer
- Service Period: 1980-2015
- Characteristics:
- Length: 522 feet (159.11 meters)
- Beam: 57 feet 5 inches (17.5 meters)
- Draft: 17 feet 5 inches (5.31 meters)
- Displacement: 5,200 tons (Standard); 7,500 tons (Full Load)
- Crew: 360
- Propulsion: 2 × IHI boilers 850 psi (60 kg/cm², 5.9 MPa), 430 °C, 2 × turbines, 2 shafts, 70,000 shp (52 MW)
- Speed: 31 knots (57.41 km/h)
- Sensor Suite:
- OPS-12 3D Air Search RDF
- OPS-28 Surface Search RDF
- OPS-22 Navigation RDF
- OQS-101 Bow ASDIC
- SQS-504J Variable Depth ASDIC
- SQR-18A Towed Array ASDIC
- Countermeasures:
- NOLQ-1 ECM
- OLR-9B RDF Warning Receiver
- Sea Gnat Towed Decoy
- 2 x chaff launchers
- Armament:
- 2 x 5"/54-caliber Type 73 naval guns (2x1)
- 1 x 8-cell missile launcher (fires Thunderbolt AAMs)
- 1 x Octople missile launcher (fires Orca ASW missiles)
- 2 x 30mm Goalkeeper CIWS
- 2 x 12.75" triple torpedo tubes (fires Type 68 torpedoes)
- Aircraft Carried: 3 x Westland Commando ASW Helicopters
- Aviation Facilities:
Unit Run[]
- RJS Shirane (DDH-143) - sold to Philippines renamed BRP Suriago
- RJS Kurama (DDH-144) - sold to Philippines, renamed BRP Samar