Atago class

あたご型護衛艦

Kongo class
Guided-Missile Destroyer
ships

The ships are comparable to the Arleigh Burke Flight IIA class but in order to serve as command ships their bridge is two floors higher

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300	crew
10000	full load (tn)
170	length (m)
21	beam (m)
6.20	draught (m)
30	max speed (knots)
100000	power (shp)



4	Naval Engine gas turbine - General Electric LM2500



1	Missile Launcher Mk 41 VLS
8	Missile Launcher SSM-1 Type 90



1	Naval Gun Mark 45 5/62 inch (127mm)
2	Close-In Weapon System CIWS Phalanx 20 mm
2	Torpedo Launchers Mk 32 triple-tube 324mm



1	Naval Radar air search radar AN/SPY-1 AEGIS

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2004-apr-6	Laid down	DDG 178 JS Ashigara
2004-may-4	Laid down	DDG 177 JDS Atago
2005-aug-24	Launched	DDG 177 JDS Atago
2006-aug-30	Launched	DDG 178 JS Ashigara
2007-mar-15	Commissioned	DDG 177 JDS Atago
2008-mar-13	Commissioned	DDG 178 JS Ashigara
2010-jun-9	Port Visit	DDG 177 JDS Atago Fleet Review: 100th anniversary of Canadian Navy visited CFB Esquimalt for MARPAC Fleet Review
2021-may-11	Deployment	DDG 178 JS Ashigara Participated in multi national Exercise Jeanne D’Arc 21, with RAN, Marine Nationale and US Navy units in the East China Sea.
2022-oct-29	Port Visit	DDG 177 JDS Atago International Naval Review: JMSDF 70th Anniversary Ship Open to Visitors at Kisarazu.
2022-nov-3	Port Visit	DDG 177 JDS Atago International Naval Review: JMSDF 70th Anniversary Ship Open to Visitors at Yamashita.