JDS Myōkō
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Myōkō (DDG-175)
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| Name: | Myōkō (DDG-175) |
| Namesake: | Mount Myōkō |
| Ordered: | 1991 |
| Builder: | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki, Nagasaki |
| Laid down: | 8 April 1993 |
| Launched: | 5 October 1994 |
| Commissioned: | 14 March 1996 |
| Fate: | Active |
| Status: | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Kongō-class destroyer |
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| Length: | 528.2 ft (161.0 m) |
| Beam: | 68.9 ft (21.0 m) |
| Draft: | 20.3 ft (6.2 m) |
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| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h) |
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| Complement: | 300 |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys: |
NOLQ-2 intercept / jammer |
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| Aircraft carried: | 1 × SH-60K helicopter |
JDS Myōkō (DDG-175) is a Kongō-class guided missile destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). Myōkō was named after Mount Myōkō.
She was laid down by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Nagasaki, Nagasaki on 8 April 1993, launched on 5 October 1994; and commissioned on 14 March 1996.
In January 2008, it was announced that Lockheed Martin received a US$40.4 million contract modification to provide Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMD) capability to the Myōkō, the third Kongō-class destroyer to be so equipped. [1]
In popular culture
The ship was featured in the 2012 American film Battleship, being commanded by Captain Yugi Nagata, in which it was destroyed by the Red Stinger after trying to fight it in order to support the U.S. Navy destroyer USS John Paul Jones.[2]
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