Atago class
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| Atago class | |
 Ashigara (DDG-178) in the Pacific |
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| Overview | |
| Type | Guided missile destroyer |
| units | 2 |
| period of service |
from 2007 |
| Technical specifications | |
| displacement |
7,700 t (standard) |
| length |
170 m |
| width |
21 m |
| Draft |
6.2 m |
| crew |
300 |
| drive |
COGAG |
| speed |
30 knots |
| Armament |
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| Sensors |
radar
sonar
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| helicopter |
2 × SH-60J / K |
The Atago class ( Japaneseあ た ご 型 護衛艦, Atago-gata Goeikan ) is a class of two guided missile destroyers of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Forces (JMSDF) and an improved version of the Kongō class .
General
It is the Japanese variant of the Arleigh Burke- class (Flight IIa) of the United States Navy . Compared to the Kongō class and the Arleigh Burke class (Flight I), which have only one helipad , but only limited support accessories and in particular no hangar, this class has a hangar for the permanent transport of two helicopters .
An Aegis fire control system , which consists of Japanese and American components, was installed as the fire control system for the Atago class . The armament of the Atago-class destroyers is similar to the armament of the Kongō-class destroyers. Due to the Japanese constitution, which prohibits the Japanese armed forces from possessing any offensive weapons, the Atago class does not have tomahawk cruise missiles . However, if the increasingly generous design of this passage were to increase further, it would not be technically a problem to retrofit this capability.
units
| Identifier | Surname | Shipyard | Keel laying | Launch | Commissioning | home port | Remarks |
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| DDG-177 | Atago | MHI , Nagasaki | April 5, 2004 | August 24, 2005 | March 15, 2007 | Maizuru | 3rd Escort Division (3rd Escort Squadron) |
| DDG-178 | Ashigara | April 6, 2005 | August 30, 2006 | March 13, 2008 | Sasebo | 2nd Escort Division (2nd Escort Squadron) |
accident
On February 19, 2008, the Atago collided with a fishing boat off the coast of Chiba Prefecture . The destroyer was on its way back from a maneuver near Hawaii to Yokosuka and rammed the fishing boat amidships. Torn in half and floating on the surface of the water, the wreck was later towed into a port. The boat's crew, 58-year-old Kichisei Haruo and his 23-year-old son Tetsuhiro, could not be found despite an intensive search by the coast guard and the marine self- defense forces .
Web links
- Materials of IJN (JMSDF Vessels )
- Atago class on GlobalSecurity.org. (engl.)
- Reuters article in English
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cutter sinks after colliding with warship. Die Welt , February 19, 2008, accessed January 3, 2014 .
- ↑ Warship rams boat. (No longer available online.) Sächsische Zeitung , February 20, 2008, archived from the original on January 3, 2014 ; Retrieved January 3, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
