Shirane class destroyer
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| Shirane class destroyer | |
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| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 5200 tons standard 7500 tons full load |
| Length: | 521.5 ft (159 m) |
| Beam: | 57.5 ft (17.5 m) |
| Draft: | 17.5 ft (5.3 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 IHI boilers 850 psi (60 kg/cm², 5.9 MPa), 430 °C 2 turbines two shafts 70,000 shaft horsepower (52 MW) |
| Speed: | 31 knots |
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| Crew Complement: | 350 360 (DDH 144) 20 staff |
| Armament: | • Sea Sparrow SAM launcher • ASROC Mk 112 octuple launcher • 2 x FMC 5 inch (127 mm/54 cal) Mk 42 automatic gun • 2 x 20 mm Phalanx CIWS • 2 x Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes (Mk-46 torpedoes) |
| Aircraft: | 3 x SH-60J(K) anti-submarine helicopters |
The Shirane class destroyers are a class of Japanese destroyer originally built during the late 1970s and still in active service. They are built around a large central helicopter hangar which houses up to three helicopters and they are the natural successor of Haruna class destroyers. They were the first ships in Japanese service to be fitted with 3D radars - the NEC OPS-12.
[edit] Ships in the class
| Pennant no. | Name | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Home port |
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| DDH-143 | Shirane | 25 February 1977 | 18 September 1978 | 17 March 1980 | Yokosuka |
| DDH-144 | Kurama | 17 February 1978 | 20 September 1979 | 27 March 1981 | Sasebo |
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Current and future combatant ship classes of the JMSDF
| DDH : Destroyer Helicopter | 13500t class | Shirane class | Haruna class |
| DDG : Guided Missile Destroyer | Atago class | Kongo class | Hatakaze class | Tachikaze class |
| DD : Destroyer | 5000t class | Takanami class | Murasame class | Asagiri class | Hatsuyuki class |
| DE : Destroyer Escort | Abukuma class | Yubari class | Ishikari |
| SS : Submarine | 2900t class | Oyashio class | Harushio class |
| See also | List of combatant ship classes of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force |
