JDS Hiei

History
Hiei
Japan
Name:	Hiei
Builder:	Ishikawajima-Harima
Laid down:	8 March 1972
Launched:	13 August 1973
Commissioned:	27 December 1974
Decommissioned:	16 March 2011
General characteristics
Class and type:	Haruna-class destroyer
Displacement:	4,950 long tons (5,029 t) standard 6,900 long tons (7,011 t) full load
Length:	153.1 m (502 ft 4 in)
Beam:	17.5 m (57 ft 5 in)
Draught:	5.2 m (17 ft 1 in)
Propulsion:	2 boilers 850 psi (60 kg/cm², 5.9 MPa), 430 °C 2 turbines 2 shafts 60,000 hp (45,000 kW)
Speed:	31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)
Complement:	360 (36 officers)
Armament:	Sea Sparrow Mk 29 (Type 3A) SAM octuple launcher ASROC octuple launcher 2 × FMC 5"/54 caliber Mark 42 guns 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes (Mark 46 torpedoes)
Aviation facilities:	Extensive Helicopter landing pad, Large Helicopter hangar

JDS Hiei (DDH-142) was a Haruna-class destroyer in service with the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force. From 1974 to 2011 she served the JMSDF before being decommissioned.

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References

Haruna-class destroyers

Haruna Hiei

Preceded by: None Followed by: Shirane class

List of destroyers of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

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