Haruna class destroyer
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| Haruna class destroyer | |
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| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 4950 tons standard 6900 tons full load |
| Length: | 502 ft (153 m) |
| Beam: | 57.4 ft (17.5 m) |
| Draft: | 17.1 ft (5.2 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 boilers 850 psi (60 kg/cm², 5.9 MPa), 430 °C 2 turbines two shafts 60,000 shp (52 MW) |
| Speed: | 31 knots |
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| Crew Complement: | 370 360 (DDH 141) 36 officers |
| Armament: | • Sea Sparrow Mk 29 (Type 3A) SAM octuple launcher • ASROC octuple launcher • two FMC 5 inch (127 mm)/54 caliber 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 Haruna class destroyers are a class of Japanese destroyer originally built during the 1970s and still in active service. These helicopter carrying destroyers are built around a large central helicopter hangar which houses up to three helicopters. The ships were upgraded with Sea Sparrow launchers, Phalanx CIWS systems and chaff launchers during the 1980s. The Haruna is currently scheduled to be removed from service in 2009, but their successors, Shirane class destroyers will remain in service for now.
[edit] Ships in the class
| Pennant no. | Name | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Home port |
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| DDH-141 | Haruna | 19 March 1970 | 1 February 1972 | 22 February 1973 | Maizuru |
| DDH-142 | Hiei | 8 March 1972 | 13 August 1973 | 27 November 1974 | Kure |
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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 | Kongō 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 |
