Japanese Destroyer Takanami

Japanese Destroyer Takanami

Country: Japan

Type: Destroyer

Service: 2003 - 2008

Ships in class: 5

The Takanami class destroyer is the newest class of Japanese anti-submarine warfare (ASW) destroyer, serving with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). It is an evolution of the preceding destroyer class, fitted with a larger 127 mm gun, a Mk 41 vertical launch missile system, and an improved fire control system, as well as a new sonar. The Sea Sparrow anti-aircraft missile has been replaced by the Evolved Sea Sparrow ESSM (RIM-162) missile. A total of five Takanami class destroyers have been built between 2000 and 2006.

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Displacement:	4,650 long tons (4,725 t) standard
Length:	151 m (500 ft)
Beam:	17.4 m (57 ft 1 in)
Draft:	5.3 m (17 ft 5 in)
Propulsion:	2 x Ishikawajima Harima LM-2500 gas turbines 2 x Kawasaki Rolls Royce Spey SM1C gas turbines 60,000 shp (45 MW) 2 shafts
Speed:	30 knots (35 mph or 56 km/h)
Complement:	175
Armament:	Mitsubishi Type 90 SSM-1B SSM VLS Mk 41 (32 cells) Evolved Sea Sparrow SAM ASROC anti-submarine rocket 1 x Otobreda 127 mm/54 gun 2 x 20 mm CIWS 2 x Type 68 triple 324 mm torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried:	1 x SH-60J(K) anti-submarine helicopter