JS Atago

Atago-class guided missile destroyer

History
JS Atago on 4 October 2012
Japan
Name	Atago (あたご)
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	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) RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow
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

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

JS Atago on 24 February 2008
JS Atago on 26 April 2014
JS Atago in Maizuru on 13 April 2019

References

^ "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. Archived from the original on October 9, 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
^ Maritime law again downplayed in lawsuit over MSDF Aegis crash killing 2 fishermen