JS Atago

JS Atago (DDG-177), あたご (A-ta-go), is the lead ship of her class of guided missile destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). She was named after Mount Atago. She was laid down by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Nagasaki on April 5, 2004. Launching ceremony happened on August 24, 2005 and she was commissioned on March 15, 2007.

JS Atago (DDG-177) in 2014
History
Japan
Name:	JS Atago (あたご)
Namesake:	Mount Atago
Ordered:	2002
Builder:	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Laid down:	5 April 2004
Launched:	24 August 2005
Commissioned:	15 March 2007
Homeport:	Maizuru
Identification:	MMSI number: 431999686 Pennant number: DDG-177
Status:	Active
General characteristics
Class and type:	Atago-class destroyer
Displacement:	7700 tons standard 10,000+ tons full load
Length:	560 ft (170 m)
Beam:	68.9 ft (21.0 m)
Draft:	20.3 ft (6.2 m)
Propulsion:	4 Ishikawajima Harima/General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines; two shafts, 100,000 shaft horsepower (75 MW)
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(V)
Armament:	1 × 5 inch (127mm/L62) Mk-45 Mod 4 naval gun in a stealth-shaped mount. (Made by Japan Steel Works licensed from its original manufacturer). 2 × missile canister up to 8 Type 90 (SSM-1B) 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2 × Type 68 triple torpedo tubes (6 × Mk-46 or Type 73 torpedoes) 96-cell Mk-41 VLS (64 at the bow / 32 cells at the stern aft) for a mix of: SM-2MR Standard Missile SM-3 Anti-Ballistic Missile RUM-139 Vertical Launch ASROC (Anti-Submarine)
Aircraft carried:	1 x SH-60K helicopter

Deployments

JS Atago took part in RIMPAC 2010 held in Hawaii.[1]

Incident

On February 19 (JST, February 18-UTC), 2008, Atago collided with and destroyed a civil fishing boat.[2][3] Two fishermen were missing, and they have not been found. Two of Atago's crewmen who had been prosecuted with the charges of professional negligence after the accident were found not guilty.[4]

See also

• Japanese cruiser Atago

References

1. "JS Atago (DDG 177) departs Pearl Harbor during RIMPAC 2010". Gung Ho Vids. 28 April 2017 – via YouTube.com.
2. "Search after Japan navy collision". BBC News. 2008-02-19. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
3. Sieg, Linda (2008-02-19). "High-tech Japan warship collides with fishing boat". Reuters. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
4. Maritime law again downplayed in lawsuit over MSDF Aegis crash killing 2 fishermen

External links

Media related to JS Atago (DDG-177) at Wikimedia Commons

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