Takanami-class destroyer

JS Makinami
Class overview
NameTakanami-class destroyer
Builders
Operators Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Preceded byMurasame class
Succeeded byAkizuki class
Built2000–2004
In commission2003–present
Completed5
Active5
General characteristics
TypeGeneral-purpose destroyer
Displacement
  • 4,650 long tons (4,725 t) standard
  • 6,300 long tons (6,401 t) full load
Length151 m (495 ft 5 in)
Beam17.4 m (57 ft 1 in)
Height10.9 m (35 ft 9 in)
Draft5.3 m (17 ft 5 in)
Propulsion
Speed30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement175
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • NOLQ-3 ECM system
  • 4 × Mk137 chaff dispensers
Armament
Aircraft carried1 × SH-60J(K) anti-submarine helicopter
Aviation facilitiesHangar and helipad

The Takanami-class destroyer (たかなみ型護衛艦, Takanami-gata-goei-kan) is a class of destroyer serving with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). This warship is the slightly modified class of second-generation, general-purpose destroyers of the JMSDF.[1]