| Ashigara (DDG-178) in Hawaii | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders: | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
| Operators: |  Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force |
| Preceded by: | Kongō-class destroyer |
| Cost: | ¥140 billion $1.48 billion (constant 2009 USD) |
| Built: | 2004–2008 |
| In commission: | 2007– |
| Completed: | 2 |
| Active: | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Guided missile destroyer |
| Displacement: | 7,700 tons standard 10,000+ tons full load |
| Length: | 170 m |
| Beam: | 21 m |
| Draft: | 6.2 m |
| Propulsion: | 4 Ishikawajima Harima/General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines Two shafts 5-bladed CP props 100,000 shaft horsepower (75 MW) |
| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h) |
| Boats & landing craft carried: |
1 Rigid hull inflatable boat |
| Complement: | 300 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
AN/SPY-1D(V) radar OPS-28E surface search radar AN/SQS-53C sonar 3 x AN/SPG-62 FCS AN/SQQ-89 Mk 46 Optronic director Mk 160 FCS Mk 116 FCS |
| Electronic warfare & decoys: |
ESM/ECM：NOLQ-2 4 x Mark 36 SRBOC |
| Armament: | • RGM-84 Harpoon SSM • SM-2MR Standard SAM (64 cells at the bow, 32 cell at the aft) • SM-3 Block IA ABM • RUM-139 Vertical Launch ASROC • 1 x 5 inch (127 mm) / 62 caliber Mark 45 mod 4 • 2 x 20 mm Phalanx CIWS • 2 x Type 68 triple torpedo tubes (6 x Mk-46 or Type 73 torpedoes) |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 × SH-60K helicopter |
| Aviation facilities: | Flight deck and enclosed hangar for one helicopter |