Murasame class destroyer


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