Monday, December 29, 2008

JMSDF destroyer TAKANAMI-CLASS ships






The Takanami class destroyer is the newest class of Japanese ASW destroyer, serving with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). It is an evolution of the Murasame-class destroyer, 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The Sea Sparrow anti-air missile has been replaced by the Evolved Sea Sparrow ESSM (RIM-162) missile
General characteristics
Type: Destroyer
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 × Ishikawajima Harima LM-2500 gas turbines
2 × Kawasaki Rolls Royce Spey SM1C gas turbines
60,000 shp (45 MW)
2 shafts
Speed: 30 knots (35 mph/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 × 20 mm CIWS
• 2 x Type 68 triple 324 mm torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried: 1 × SH-60J(K) anti-submarine helicopter

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