Atago (DDG-177) |
| Career (Japan) |
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| Name: |
Atago (DDG-177) |
| Namesake: |
Mount Atago |
| Ordered: |
2002 |
| Builder: |
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki, Nagasaki |
| Laid down: |
April 5, 2004 |
| Launched: |
August 24, 2005 |
| Commissioned: |
March 15, 2007 |
| Fate: |
Active |
| Status: |
In service |
| General characteristics |
| Class and type: |
Atago class destroyer |
| Displacement: |
7700 tons standard
10,000+ tons full load |
| Length: |
560 ft (170 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 |
| Armament: |
• 8 x SSM-1B SSM
• SM-2 Standard SAM
• ASROC anti-submarine rocket
• 1 x 5 inch (127 mm/62 cal) Mk-45 mod 4 (lightweight gun)
• 2 x 20 mm Phalanx CIWS
• 2 x HOS302 triple torpedo tubes
(6 x Mk-46 or type73 torpedoes) |
| Aircraft carried: |
1 x SH-60K helicopter |
JDS Atago (DDG-177) is a Atago class guided missile destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). Atago was named for Mount Atago.
She was laid down by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Nagasaki, Nagasaki on April 5, 2004, launched on August 24, 2005; and commissioned on March 15, 2007.
Incident
On February 19 (JST, February 18-UTC), 2008, Atago collided with and destroyed a civil fishing boat.[1][2] Two fishermen were missing, and they haven't been found. Atago is believed to have been responsible for the accident.[3]
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