JS Kongō

JS Kongō (DDG-173) is a Kongō-class guided missile destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). Kongō is the third Japanese naval vessel named after Mount Kongō. She was laid down by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Nagasaki, Nagasaki on 8 May 1990. The launching ceremony took place on 26 September 1991 and she was commissioned on 25 March 1993. She was the first ship outside of the United States to feature the Aegis combat system and its ballistic missile defense capability.

For other ships with the same name, see Japanese ship Kongō.
JS Kongō transiting Pearl Harbor on 14 December 2007
History
Japan
Name
  • Kongō
  • (こんごう)
NamesakeMount Kongō
Ordered1988
BuilderMitsubishi Heavy Industries
Laid down8 May 1990
Launched26 September 1991
Commissioned25 March 1993
HomeportSasebo
Identification
  • MMSI number: 431999504
  • Pennant number: DDG-173
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and typeKongō-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 7500 tons standard
  • 9500 tons full load
Length528.2 ft (161.0 m)
Beam68.9 ft (21.0 m)
Draft20.3 ft (6.2 m)
Propulsion
Speed30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement300
Sensors and
processing systems
  • AN/SPY-1D
  • OPS-28 surface search radar
  • OQS-102 bow mounted sonar
Electronic warfare
& decoys		NOLQ-2 intercept / jammer
Armament
  • 1 × 127 mm (5 in)/54 Caliber Oto Melara Compact Gun
  • 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon Anti-ship Missile in quad canisters
  • 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS
  • 2 × HOS-302 triple torpedo tubes:
    • Mark 46 torpedo
    • Type 73 torpedoes
  • 90-cell Mk. 41 Vertical Launching System:
    • SM-2MR Surface-to-air missile
    • SM-3 Anti-ballistic missile
    • RUM-139 Anti-Submarine Rocket
    • RIM-162 Surface-to-air missile
Aviation facilities1 × SH-60K helicopter
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