Shirane class destroyer


Kurama (DDH-144)
Class overview
Name: Shirane class destroyer
Builders: Ishikawajima-Harima, Tokyo
Operators:  Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Preceded by: Haruna-class destroyer
Built: 1977–1981
In commission: 1980–
Completed: 2
Active: 2
General characteristics
Type: destroyer
Displacement: 5,200 long tons standard
7,500 long tons full load
Length: 159 m
Beam: 17.5 m
Draft: 5.3 m
Propulsion: 2 × IHI boilers 850 psi (60 kg/cm², 5.9 MPa), 430 °C
2 × turbines
2 shafts
70,000 shp (52 MW)
Speed: 31 knots (36 mph; 57 km/h)
Complement: 350
360 (DDH-144)
20 staff
Armament: • Sea Sparrow SAM launcher
• ASROC Mk 112 octuple launcher
• 2 × FMC 5"/54 caliber Mark 42 guns
• 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS
• 2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes (Mk-46 torpedoes)
Aircraft carried: 3 × SH-60J(K) anti-submarine helicopters