DDG-172 Shimakaze

Country:  Japan

Class, [Type]: Hatakaze, [DDG].

Builder: Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Japan.

Launch date: 30 January 1987.

Commission date: 23 March 1988.

Displacement ( tons ): 4.674 standard, 6.096 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 150 x 16,4 x 4,8

Main machinery: COGAG: 2 x Kawasaki/Rolls-Royce TM-3B Olympus gas turbines ( 45.000 hp ), 2 x Kawasaki/Rolls-Royce SM-1A Spey gas turbines ( 27.000 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 30.

Complement: 260.

Guns: 1 x Mk42 127mm/54, 2 x Vulcan Phalanx Mod.1 Block I Mk15 CIWS 20mm.

Missiles:  SSM: 8 x RGM-84 Harpoon, from 2 x Mk-141 launchers; SAM: 1 x Mk 13 launcher ( 40 x RIM-66 Standard SM-1MR missiles ); ASW: 1 x Mk 112 launcher ( 8 x RUR-A5 ASROC rockets ).

Torpedoes: 6 x 324mm HOS-301 tubes ( 2 x triple launchers ). Mk 46 Mod. 5 torpedoes.

Radar: Air Search: 1 x SPS-52C, 1 x Melco OPS-11C; Surface Search: 1 x JRC OPS 28 B; Fire Control: 2 x Raytheon SPG 51C, Melco 2-21, Type 2-12.

Sonar: Nec OQS-4, bow-mounted, medium frequency.

Countermeasures: Decoys: Mk 36 SRBOC; SLQ-25 Nixie towed acoustic torpedo; ECM/ESM: NOLQ-3 ( interceptor ); Fujitsu OLR 9B ( jammer ).

Helicopter: landing pad for 1 x SH-60K, no hangar.