The Haruna class destroyers are a class of Japanese destroyer originally built during the early 1970s. These helicopter carrying destroyers are built around a large central hangar which houses up to three helicopters. The ships were upgraded with Sea Sparrow launchers, Phalanx CIWS systems and chaff launchers during the 1980s. The Haruna was removed from service in 2009, while the Shirane class which followed in the late 1970s will remain in service for now.
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Haruna class destroyer |
| Operators: |  Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force |
| Built: | 1970–1973 |
| In commission: | 1973–2011 |
| Completed: | 2 |
| Retired: | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | 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) |
| Beam: | 17.5 m (57 ft 5 in) |
| Draft: | 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 (36 mph; 57 km/h) |
| Complement: | 370 360 (DDH-141) 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 x Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes (Mk-46 torpedoes) |
| Aircraft carried: | 3 × SH-60J(K) anti-submarine helicopters |
