JS Atago
![]() JS Atago on 4 October 2012 | |
History | |
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Name |
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Namesake | Mount Atago |
Ordered | 2002 |
Builder | Mitsubishi |
Laid down | 5 April 2004 in Nagasaki |
Launched | 24 August 2005 |
Commissioned | 15 March 2007 |
Homeport | Maizuru |
Identification |
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Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Atago class destroyer |
Displacement |
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Length | 560 ft (170 m) |
Beam | 68.9 ft (21.0 m) |
Draft | 20.3 ft (6.2 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h) |
Range |
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Complement | 300 |
Sensors and processing systems | AN/SPY-1D(V) |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 x SH-60K helicopter |
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.
Deployments
[edit]JS Atago took part in RIMPAC 2010 held in Hawaii.[1]
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]
Gallery
[edit]- JS Atago on 24 February 2008
- JS Atago on 26 April 2014
- JS Atago in Maizuru on 13 April 2019
References
[edit]- ^ "JS Atago (DDG 177) departs Pearl Harbor during RIMPAC 2010". Gung Ho Vids. 28 April 2017. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21 – via YouTube.com.
- ^ "Search after Japan navy collision". BBC News. 2008-02-19. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
- ^ Sieg, Linda (2008-02-19). "High-tech Japan warship collides with fishing boat". Reuters. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
- ^ Maritime law again downplayed in lawsuit over MSDF Aegis crash killing 2 fishermen
External links
[edit] Media related to JS Atago (DDG-177) at Wikimedia Commons