Shirane class
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| ' Shirane' class | |
 Kurama in the Pacific, January 2011 |
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| Overview | |
| Type | Helicopter destroyer |
| units | 2 |
| period of service |
from March 1980 |
| Technical specifications | |
| displacement |
5,200 t (standard) |
| length |
159 m |
| width |
17.5 m |
| Draft |
5.3 m |
| crew |
370 |
| drive |
2 gear turbines, 2 steam boilers |
| speed |
31 knots |
| Armament |
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| helicopter |
3 × submarine attack helicopters SH-60J (K) |
The Shirane class is a class of two helicopters - destroyers (. DDH, Japanese ヘリコプター搭載護衛艦 , herikoputā Tosai goeikan ) of the Japanese sea Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) . The ships are designed as submarine hunters, set up as flagships for destroyer groups and have a large flight deck.
history
Development and construction
The ships were designed as new submarine fighter ships for the Japanese Navy in the late 1970s. The construction took place from 1977, from 1980 the first and from 1981 the second ship in the JMSDF. They are mostly used as flagships of the Japanese submarine fighter flotillas, and they are also used to escort American aircraft carriers .
units
| Identifier | Surname | Shipyard | Keel laying | Launch | Commissioning | Decommissioning | home port |
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| DDH-143 | Shirane | IHI , Tokyo | February 25, 1977 | September 18, 1978 | March 17, 1980 | March 25, 2015 | Yokosuka |
| DDH-144 | Kurama | 17th February 1978 | 20th September 1979 | March 27, 1981 | Sasebo |
technology
Hull and drive
The hull of a destroyer of the Shirane class is 159 m long and 17.5 m wide, the draft is 5.3 m, the displacement is 7,500 ts . The deck superstructures are characterized by the large helicopter landing pad at the stern, which takes up a third of the ship's length. The middle third except the deckhouse, the rear half of which houses the helicopter hangar.
It is driven by two geared turbines, which deliver their 70,000 HP output to two shafts with one screw each. The steam is generated in two IHI boilers with a pressure of 60 bar.
Armament and Electronics
In addition to the eight- fold ASROC launcher in front of the bridge, the main armament is the two 5-inch Mk. 42 guns . For air defense, the ships have an eight-fold launcher for RIM-7 Sea Sparrow on the hangar roof. On both sides of the superstructure there are two swing-out triple torpedo tubes for Mk. 46 torpedoes . The end of the 1980s both destroyer were also with two Mk.-15 phalanx - short range defense systems equipped.
As a board helicopter , three were originally Mitsubishi HSS-2B Sea Kings on board, these have now been through three anti-submarine helicopter SH-60J replaced.
The ships use an OPS-12 as aerial reconnaissance radar, while the navigation radar is an OPS-28. In addition to the OQS-101 bow sonar , the Kurama also has a tow sonar .
Web links
- Materials of IJN (JMSDF Vessels )
- Shirane class on GlobalSecurity.org. (engl.)