Takanami-class destroyer

JS Makinami (DD-112)
Class overview
Name:	Takanami-class destroyer
Builders:	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries - Nagasaki shipyards IHI Marine United, Yokohama IHI Marine United, Uraga
Operators:	Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Preceded by:	Murasame-class destroyer
Succeeded by:	Akizuki-class destroyer
Built:	2000–2004
In commission:	2003–
Completed:	5
Active:	5
General characteristics
Type:	Destroyer
Displacement:	4,650 long tons (4,725 t) standard 6,300 long tons (6,401 t) full load
Length:	151 m (495 ft)
Beam:	17.4 m (57 ft 1 in)
Height:	10.9 m (35 ft 9 in)
Draft:	5.3 m (17 ft 5 in)
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 (35 mph; 56 km/h)
Complement:	175
Sensors and processing systems:	OPS-24B Radar OPS-28D Surface Search Radar OPS-20 Navigational Radar OQS-5 Sonar UQR-2 Towed Sonar Type 81 Fire Control SYystem
Electronic warfare & decoys:	NOLQ-3 ECM system 4 × Mk137 Chaff Dispensers
Armament:	1 × Otobreda 127 mm/54 gun 2 × missile canister up to 8 Type 90 (SSM-1B) 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2 × Type 68 triple torpedo tubes VLS Mk 41 (32 cells)   • Evolved Sea Sparrow SAM   • RUM-139 VL ASROC
Aircraft carried:	1 × SH-60J(K) anti-submarine helicopter

The Takanami-class destroyer (たかなみ型護衛艦, Takanami-gata goeikan) is a class of Japanese guided-missile and ASW destroyer, entering service with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) from 2003.

Description

The Takanami class is a fourth generation post-war destroyer for the JMSDF, and is an evolution of the previous Murasame-class destroyer. Major changes include an improved OPS-24B Active electronically scanned array fire control system and data link, as well as a new sonar system. In terms of weaponry, the 3-inch gun on the Murasame has been replaced with a larger 127 mm gun, and the older Sea Sparrow anti-air missile in Mk-48 VLS (Vertical Launch System) has been replaced by the new Evolved Sea Sparrow ESSM (RIM-162) missiles in Mk-41 VLS, which also handles the ASROC weapons. This changes have resulted in a larger hull displacement than the Murasame by about 100 tons.

All ships in the class are named for World War II destroyers.

Ships in the class

Pennant no.	Name	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Builder	Home port
DD-110	Takanami	25 April 2000	26 July 2001	12 March 2003	IHI Marine United, Uraga	Yokosuka
DD-111	Ōnami	17 May 2000	20 September 2001	13 March 2003	Mitsubishi Nagasaki	Yokosuka
DD-112	Makinami	17 July 2001	8 August 2002	18 March 2004	IHI Marine United, Yokohama	Ōminato
DD-113	Sazanami	4 April 2002	29 August 2003	16 February 2005	Mitsubishi Nagasaki	Kure
DD-114	Suzunami	24 September 2003	26 August 2004	16 February 2006	IHI Marine United, Yokohama	Ōminato

See also

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

External links

• GlobalSecurity.org; JMSDF DD Takanami Class
• MaritimeQuest Onami DD-111 Photo Gallery
• Naval Technology.com
• JMSDF home page (Japanese)