The Takanami class destroyer is the newest class of Japanese guided-missile and ASW destroyer, serving with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). It is an evolution of the Murasame-class destroyer, fitted with a larger 127 mm gun, a Mk 41 vertical launch missile system, and an improved fire control system, as well as a new sonar system.
The older Sea Sparrow anti-air missile has been replaced by the new Evolved Sea Sparrow ESSM (RIM-162) missile in these new-construction warships.
All ships in the class are named for World War II destroyers.
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Takanami class destroyer |
| Builders: | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries - Nagasaki shipyards |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| Armament: | • Mitsubishi Type 90 SSM-1B SSM • VLS Mk 41 (32 cells) • Evolved Sea Sparrow SAM • RUM-139 VL ASROC • 1 x Otobreda 127 mm/54 gun • 2 × 20 mm CIWS • 2 x Type 68 triple 324 mm torpedo tubes |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 × SH-60J(K) anti-submarine helicopter |
