| JDS Kongō (DDG-173) | |
|---|---|
 JDS Kongō, November 2009 | |
| Career |  |
| Name: | JDS Kongō |
| Namesake: | Mount Kongō |
| Ordered: | 1988 |
| Builder: | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki, Nagasaki |
| Laid down: | 8 May 1990 |
| Launched: | 26 September 1991 |
| Commissioned: | 25 March 1993 |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2024[update] |
| 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) |
| Aviation facilities: | Room for a helicopter to land on the rear deck, but no support equipment installed |
JDS Kongō (DDG-173) is a Kongō class guided missile destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). Kongō is the third Japanese naval vessel named for Mount Kongō.
She was laid down by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Nagasaki, Nagasaki on 8 May 1990, launched on 26 September 1991; and commissioned on 25 March 1993.
Ballistic missile defense[]
JDS Kongo officers.
In December 2007, Japan conducted a successful test of the SM-3 block IA against a ballistic missile aboard Kongō. This was the first time a Japanese ship was selected to launch the interceptor missile during a test of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System. In previous tests they provided tracking and communications.[1][2]
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ Agence France-Presse. Japan shoots down test missile in space: defence minister. Accessed December 23, 2007.
- ↑ MDA press release. 17 December 2007.
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