JS Myōkō

JS Myōkō (DDG-175) is a Kongō-class guided missile destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). Myōkō was named after Mount Myōkō.

For other ships with the same name, see Japanese ship Myōkō.

Myōkō (DDG-175) docked, July 2003.
History
Japan
Name:
  • JS Myōkō
  • (みょうこう)
Namesake: Mount Myōkō
Ordered: 1991
Builder: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Laid down: 8 April 1993
Launched: 5 October 1994
Commissioned: 14 March 1996
Homeport: Maizuru
Status: Active
General characteristics
Class and type: Kongō-class destroyer
Displacement:
  • 7500 tons standard
  • 9500 tons full load
Length: 528.2 ft (161.0 m)
Beam: 68.9 ft (21.0 m)
Draft: 20.3 ft (6.2 m)
Propulsion:
Speed: 30 knots (56 km/h)
Range:
  • 4,500 nautical miles at 20 knots
  • (8,334 km at 37 km/h)
Complement: 300
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • AN/SPY-1D
  • OPS-28 surface search radar
  • OQS-102 bow mounted sonar
Electronic warfare
& decoys:		 NOLQ-2 intercept / jammer
Armament:
Aircraft carried: 1 × SH-60K helicopter

Operational history

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]

On December 2, 2019, Captain Miho Otani became the first woman to take the command of an MSDF Aegis destroyer with the JS Myōkō. The ceremony took place in the port city of Maizuru[2]

See also

References
  1. "Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense to Third Japanese Destroyer". DefenceTalk.com. 16 January 2008. Archived from the original on 17 January 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2008.
  2. http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201912020046.html

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