| JDS Kirishima (DDG-174) | |
|---|---|
 Kirishima (DDG-174) | |
| Career (Japan) |  |
| Name: | Kirishima (DDG-174) |
| Namesake: | Mount Kirishima |
| Ordered: | 1990 |
| Builder: | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki, Nagasaki |
| Laid down: | 7 April 1992 |
| Launched: | 19 August 1993 |
| Commissioned: | 16 March 1995 |
| Fate: | Active |
| Status: | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Kongō class destroyer |
| Displacement: |
7500 tons standard 9500 tons full load |
| Length: | 528.2 ft (161.0 m) |
| Beam: | 68.9 ft (21.0 m) |
| Draft: | 20.3 ft (6.2 m) |
| Propulsion: |
4 Ishikawajima Harima/General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines; two shafts, 100,000 shaft horsepower (75 MW) |
| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h) |
| Range: |
4,500 nautical miles at 20 knots (8,334 km at 37 km/h) |
| Complement: | 300 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
AN/SPY-1D OPS-28 surface search radar OQS-102 bow mounted sonar |
| Electronic warfare & decoys: | NOLQ-2 intercept / jammer |
| Armament: |
• RGM-84 Harpoon SSM • SM-2 Standard SAM (29 cells at the bow, 61 cell at the aft) • SM-3 Block IA ABM • RUM-139 Vertical Launch ASROC • 1 x 5 inch (127 mm) / 54 caliber Oto-Breda Compact Gun • 2 x 20 mm Phalanx CIWS • 2 x Type 68 triple torpedo tubes (6 x Mk-46 or Type 73 torpedoes) |
| Aircraft carried: | Room for a helicopter to land on the rear deck, but no support equipment installed |
JDS Kirishima (DDG-174) is a Kongō class guided missile destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). Kirishima was named for Mount Kirishima.
She was laid down by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Nagasaki, Nagasaki on 7 April 1992, launched on 19 August 1993; and commissioned on 16 March 1995.
Kirishima is undergoing modification at Nagasaki to add the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMD) capability to its weapons suite.[1]
Service[]
This ship was one of several in the JMSDF fleet participating in disaster relief after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.[2] The ship was also deployed in preparation for North Korea's launch of Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 in March 2012.[3]
Appearance in the media[]
The ship appeared in the 2013 Japanese Anime Vividred Operation as part of an allied task force fending off alien invasion.
See also[]
Notes[]
- ↑ [1] "Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense to Third Japanese Destroyer" DefenseTalk. 16 January 2008
- ↑ Seawaves,"Warships Supporting Earthquake in Japan"
- ↑ RIA Novosti, "Japanese Warship Leaves Base Ahead of N.Korean Rocket Launch"
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