Atago-class destroyer

Class overview
JS Ashigara
Name	Atago class
Builders	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Operators	Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Preceded by	Kongō class
Succeeded by	Maya class
Cost	¥140 billion $1.48 billion (constant 2009 USD)
Built	2004–2008
In commission	2007–
Completed	2
Active	2
General characteristics
Type	Guided-missile destroyer
Displacement	7,700 tons standard 10,000 tons full load
Length	165.0 m (541 ft 4 in)
Beam	21.0 m (68 ft 11 in)
Draft	6.1 m (20 ft 0 in)
Propulsion	4 IHI/GE LM2500-30 gas turbines Two shafts 5-bladed CP props 100,000 shp (75,000 kW)
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h)
Boats & landing craft carried	2 × 11-meter work boats 1 × Rigid hull inflatable boat
Complement	300
Sensors & processing systems	AN/SPY-1D(V) multi-function radar OPS-28E surface search radar (later replaced by SPQ-9B) 3 × AN/SPG-62 illuminators AN/SQQ-89 with SQS-53C and OQR-2 (later replaced by SQR-20) Mk. 46 Optronic director
Electronic warfare & decoys	NOLQ-2B intercept and jammer 4 × Mk. 36 SRBOC Chaff and Decoy Launching System
Armament	1 × 5-inch (127 mm)/62 Mk 45 Mod 4 gun 8 × Type 90 (SSM-1B) anti-ship missile in quad canisters 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2 × HOS-302 triple torpedo tubes: Mark 46 torpedo Type 73 torpedoes 96-cell Mk 41 Vertical Launching System: SM-2MR surface-to-air missiles SM-3 anti-ballistic missiles VL-ASROC anti-submarine missiles RIM-162 surface-to-air missiles
Aircraft carried	1 × SH-60K helicopter
Aviation facilities	Flight deck and enclosed hangar for one helicopter

The Atago class of guided-missile destroyers (あたご型護衛艦, Atago-gata Goeikan) in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force is a modified version of the Kongō class equipped with the Aegis Combat System.