JDS Myōkō
 Myōkō (DDG-175) | |
| History | |
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 Japan | |
| 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 and type: | Kongō-class destroyer |
| Displacement: |
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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) |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h) |
| Range: |
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| Complement: | 300 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys: | NOLQ-2 intercept / jammer |
| Armament: |
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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]
See also
References
- ↑ "Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense to Third Japanese Destroyer". DefenceTalk.com. 2008-01-16. Archived from the original on 2008-01-17. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
- ↑ "Battleship - Yahoo Search Results". yahoo.com. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
External links
Media related to JS Myōkō (DDG-175) at Wikimedia Commons
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