Kongō-class destroyer

	A port-front view of the JS Myōkō
Class overview
Name	Kongō class
Builders	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries; IHI Corporation;
Operators	Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Preceded by	Hatakaze class
Succeeded by	Atago class
Built	1990 - 1998
Completed	4
Active	4
General characteristics
Type	Guided-missile destroyer
Displacement	7,250 tons standard; 9,500 tons full load;
Length	161 m (528 ft)
Beam	21 m (69 ft)
Draft	6.2 m (20 ft)
Propulsion	4 Ishikawajima Harima/General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines;; two shafts,; 100,000 shp (75,000 kW);
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range	4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	300
Sensors and ; processing systems	AN/SPY-1D PESA radar; OPS-28C or D surface-search radar; OPS-20 navigation radar; 3 × AN/SPG-62 fire-control radar; OQS-102 bow-mounted sonar; OQR-2 towed array sonar;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	NOLQ-2 ECM intercept and jammer; 4 × Mark 36 SRBOC Chaff and Decoy Launching System; Type 4 towed anti-torpedo decoy;
Armament	1 × 127 mm (5 in)/54 Caliber Oto Melara Compact Gun; 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon Anti-ship Missile in quad canisters; 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS; 2 × HOS-302 triple torpedo tubes:; Mark 46 torpedo ; Type 73 torpedoes; 90-cell Mk 41 Vertical Launching System:; SM-2MR Surface-to-air missile; SM-3 Anti-ballistic missile; RUM-139 Anti-Submarine Rocket; RIM-162 Surface-to-air missile;
Aircraft carried	1 × SH-60J/K helicopter
Aviation facilities	Helicopter deck only

The Kongō class (こんごう型護衛艦, Kongō-gata Goeikan) of guided-missile destroyers in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force are equipped with the Aegis Combat System, and is the first of few ship classes outside the United States to have that capability. Following a decision made in December 2003, Japan is upgrading their Kongo-class destroyers with Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System. The upgrade involves a series of installations and flight tests to take place from 2007 to 2010. JS Kongo was the first ship to have the BMD upgrade installed.

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