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Class overview | |
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Name | Atago class |
Builders | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
Operators | Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force |
Preceded by | Kongō class |
Succeeded by | Maya class |
Cost | |
Built | 2004–2008 |
In commission | 2007– |
Completed | 2 |
Active | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Guided-missile destroyer |
Displacement |
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Length | 165.0 m (541 ft 4 in)[2][3] |
Beam | 21.0 m (68 ft 11 in)[2] |
Draft | 6.1 m (20 ft 0 in)[2] |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h) |
Boats & landing craft carried |
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Complement | 300 |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × SH-60K helicopter |
Aviation facilities | Flight deck and enclosed hangar for one helicopter |
The Atago class of guided-missile destroyers (あたご型護衛艦, Atago-gata Goeikan) in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force is a modified version of the Kongō class equipped with the Aegis Combat System.[2][4]