| JDS Murasame in Pearl Harbor | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Murasame class destroyer |
| Builders: | IHI Tokyo Shipyard and Marine United |
| Operators: | Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force |
| Preceded by: | Asagiri-class destroyer |
| Succeeded by: | Takanami-class destroyer |
| Built: | 1993–2000 |
| In commission: | 1996– |
| Planned: | 14 |
| Completed: | 9 |
| Cancelled: | 5 |
| Active: | 9 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Displacement: | 4,550 tons standard 6,100 tons full load |
| Length: | 151 m |
| Beam: | 17.4 m |
| Draft: | 5.2 m |
| 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 ( 56 km/h) |
| Complement: | 165 |
| Armament: | • SSM-1B SSM • VLS Mk 48 (16 cells) • Evolved Sea Sparrow SAM • VLS Mk 41 (16 cells) • RUM-139 VL ASROC • 1 × 76 mm 62cal rapid fire gun (OTO Melara 3) • 2 × 20 mm CIWS • 2 × Type 68 triple torpedo tubes |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 × SH-60J(K) anti-submarine helicopter |