JDS Murasame in Pearl Harbor |
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Class overview | |
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Name: | Murasame class destroyer |
Builders: | IHI Tokyo Shipyard and Marine United |
Operators: | Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force |
Preceded by: | Asagiri-class destroyer |
Succeeded by: | Takanami-class destroyer |
Built: | 1993–2000 |
In commission: | 1996– |
Planned: | 14 |
Completed: | 9 |
Cancelled: | 5 |
Active: | 9 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Destroyer |
Displacement: | 4,550 long tons (4,623 t) standard 6,100 long tons (6,198 t) full load |
Length: | 151 m (495 ft) |
Beam: | 17.4 m (57 ft 1 in) |
Draft: | 5.2 m (17 ft 1 in) |
Propulsion: | 2 × Ishikawajima Harima LM-2500 gas turbines 2 × Kawasaki Rolls Royce Spey SM1C gas turbines 60,000 shp (45 MW) 2 shafts |
Speed: | 30 knots (35 mph; 56 km/h) |
Complement: | 165 |
Armament: | • SSM-1B SSM • VLS Mk 48 (16 cells) • Evolved Sea Sparrow SAM • Sea Sparrow SAM • VLS Mk 41 (16 cells) • RUM-139 VL ASROC • 1 × 76 mm 62cal rapid fire gun (OTO Melara 3) • 2 × 20 mm CIWS • 2 × Type 68 triple torpedo tubes |
Aircraft carried: | 1 × SH-60J(K) anti-submarine helicopter |
The Murasame class destroyer is a third-generation general purpose destroyer in service with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).
The Murasame was a successor to the Asagiri class, and like its predecessor, it mainly tasked with ASW and ASuW. It shows a number of improvements to design and equipment, such as:
The Murasame class was designed to replace the JMSDF's smaller destroyers that were reaching block obsolescence, ensuring the fleet could maintain its strength while increasing its firepower. It was originally planned that 14 of these would be built, but this was reduced to nine when the Takanami class (a modified variant of the Murasame) was designed and construction begun.
The Murasame-class destroyers' weapon systems include the Evolved Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missile, Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missile, RUM-139 VL ASROC, the SSM 1B anti-ship missile, two Mark 15 20 mm Phalanx CIWS gun mounts, two torpedo mounts in a triple tube configuration and a 76 mm 62cal rapid-fire naval gun.
With the exception of Kirisame, all ships of the class are named for World War II destroyers.
Pennant no. | Name | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Home port |
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DD-101 | Murasame | 18 August 1993 | 23 August 1994 | 12 March 1996 | Yokosuka |
DD-102 | Harusame | 11 August 1994 | 16 October 1995 | 24 March 1997 | Yokosuka |
DD-103 | Yudachi | 18 March 1996 | 19 August 1997 | 4 March 1999 | Sasebo |
DD-104 | Kirisame | 3 April 1996 | 21 August 1997 | 18 March 1999 | Sasebo |
DD-105 | Inazuma | 8 May 1997 | 9 September 1998 | 15 March 2000 | Kure |
DD-106 | Samidare | 11 September 1997 | 24 September 1998 | 21 March 2000 | Kure |
DD-107 | Ikazuchi | 25 February 1998 | 24 June 1999 | 14 March 2001 | Yokosuka |
DD-108 | Akebono | 29 October 1999 | 25 September 2000 | 19 March 2002 | Kure |
DD-109 | Ariake | 18 May 1999 | 16 October 2000 | 6 March 2002 | Sasebo |
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