The Atago class of guided missile destroyers (あたご型護衛艦｜atago-gata-go-ei-kan) is an improved version of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF)’s Kongō class.
The fire-control system for the Atago class is the Aegis Weapon System Baseline 7 phase 1, which will combine American- and Japanese-manufactured systems to make up the complete Aegis system.
Specification
| Name: | Atago class |
| Built: | 2004–2008 |
| In commission: | 2007– |
| Completed: | 2 |
| Active: | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Guided missile destroyer |
| Displacement: | ·7,700 tons standard ·10,000+ tons full load |
| Length: | 165 m (541 ft 4 in) |
| Beam: | 21 m (68 ft 11 in) |
| Draft: | 6.2 m (20 ft 4 in) |
| Propulsion: | ·4 Ishikawajima Harima/General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines ·Two shafts 5-bladed CP props ·100,000 shp (75,000 kW) |
| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h) |
| Boats & landing craft carried: | 1 Rigid hull inflatable boat |
| Complement: | 300 |
| Armament: | ·1 × 5 inch (127mm/L62) Mk-45 Mod 4 naval gun in a stealth-shaped mount. (Made by Japan Steel Works licensed from its original manufacturer) ·2 × missile canister up to 8 Type 90 (SSM-1B) ·2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS ·2 × Type 68 triple torpedo tubes (6 × Mk-46 or Type 73 torpedoes) ·96-cell Mk-41 VLS: ·(64 at the bow / 32 cells at the stern aft) for a mix of: ·SM-2MR Standard Missile ·SM-3 Anti-Ballistic Missile ·RUM-139 Vertical Launch ASROC (Anti-Submarine) |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 × SH-60K helicopter |
| Aviation facilities: | Flight deck and enclosed hangar for one helicopter |
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