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Japan Maritime Self Defense Force / JMSDF
Shirane class Helicopter Destroyer - DDH

 
 
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Ships:
DDH 143 JDS Shirane (1980)
DDH 144 JDS Kurama (1981)
 
Specifications:
Length: 159 meters
Beam: 17,5 meters
Draft: 5,3 meters
Displacement: 5200 tons (standard) / 7500 tons (full load)
Speed: 31 knots, max. (57 km/h)
Range: ?
Complement: up to 360

 Propulsion:
2 x geared steam turbines / 2 x boilers (70000 shp)
2 shafts / 2 propellers

 Aviation:
flight deck and hangar for up to 3 Helicopters (SH-3 Sea King / SH-60J/K Seahawk)

Armament:
2 x Mk-42 5-inch/54-caliber (127mm) guns
1 x Type-74 (Mk-16) launcher for 8 RUR-5 ASROC anti-submarine rockets
2 x HOS-301 (Mk-32) 12,75 inch (324mm) triple torpedo tubes for Mk-46 torpedoes
   
1 x Mk-25 launcher / later Mk-29 launcher for 8 RIM-7 Sea Sparrow SAM
2 x Mk-15 Phalanx Close-in-Weapon System (CIWS) (added later)

 
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JDS Shirane (DDH 143)

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JDS Shirane (DDH 143)

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JDS Shirane (DDH 143)

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JDS Kurama (DDH 144)

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JDS Kurama (DDH 144)

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JDS Kurama (DDH 144) (right,44)

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JDS Kurama (DDH 144)

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two Mk-42 5"/54 guns and Mk-16 ASROC launcher

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as built - with Mk-25 Sea Sparrow launcher

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after refit - with Mk-29 Sea Sparrow launcher instead of the Mk-25 and Mk-15 CIWS amidships
 
 
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