Atago-class destroyer

JS Ashigara
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Class overview
NameAtago class
BuildersMitsubishi Heavy Industries
Operators Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Preceded byKongō class
Succeeded byMaya class
Cost
  • ¥140 billion[1]
  • $1.48 billion (constant 2009 USD)
Built2004–2008
In commission2007–
Completed2
Active2
General characteristics
TypeGuided-missile destroyer
Displacement
  • 7,700 tons standard
  • 10,000 tons full load[2]
Length165.0 m (541 ft 4 in)[2][3]
Beam21.0 m (68 ft 11 in)[2]
Draft6.1 m (20 ft 0 in)[2]
Propulsion
Speed30 knots (56 km/h)
Boats & landing
craft carried
Complement300
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Armament
Aircraft carried1 × SH-60K helicopter
Aviation facilitiesFlight 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]

  1. ^ "Aegis-equipped warship Ashigara launched". Japan Times Online. 31 August 2006. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e Wertheim 2013, pp. 362–63.
  3. ^ "護衛艦「あたご」型 DDG"ATAGO"Class 177「あたご」". Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
  4. ^ Yamazaki 2014.