JS Myōkō
{{short description|Kongō-class guided missile destroyer}}
{{other ships|Japanese ship Myōkō}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
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}} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = File:JS Myôkô atMaizuru.jpg | Ship caption = JS Myōkō in Maizuru on 7 September 2009 }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = Japan | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Japan|naval}} | Ship name = *Myōkō
| Ship namesake = Mount Myōkō | Ship ordered = 1991 | Ship builder = Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | Ship laid down = 8 April 1993 | Ship launched = 5 October 1994 | Ship acquired = | Ship commissioned = 14 March 1996 | Ship homeport = Maizuru | Ship decommissioned = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship struck = | Ship identification =
| Ship reinstated = | Ship honours = | Ship fate = | Ship status = Active | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = {{sclass|Kongō|destroyer}} | Ship displacement = *7500 tons standard
| Ship length = {{convert|528.2|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|68.9|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship draught = | Ship draft = {{convert|20.3|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship propulsion = *4 Ishikawajima Harima/General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines;
| Ship speed = 30 knots (56 km/h) | Ship range = *4,500 nautical miles at 20 knots
| Ship complement = 300 | Ship sensors = *AN/SPY-1D
| Ship EW = NOLQ-2 intercept / jammer | Ship armament = * 1 × 127 mm (5 in)/54 Caliber Oto Melara Compact Gun
| Ship armour = | Ship armor = | Ship aircraft = 1 × SH-60K helicopter | Ship notes = }} |
JS Myōkō (DDG-175) is a {{sclass|Kongō|destroyer|0}} guided missile destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). Myōkō was named after Mount Myōkō.
Operational history
She was laid down by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Nagasaki, Nagasaki on 8 April 1993, launched on 5 October 1994; and commissioned on 14 March 1996.
In January 2008, it was announced that Lockheed Martin received a US$40.4 million contract modification to provide Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMD) capability to the Myōkō, the third {{sclass|Kongō|destroyer|1}} to be so equipped.{{cite web
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|title=Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense to Third Japanese Destroyer
|accessdate=2008-02-12
|date=2008-01-16
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On 2 December 2019, Captain Miho Otani became the first woman to take the command of an MSDF Aegis destroyer with the JS Myōkō. The ceremony took place in the port city of Maizuru.{{cite web |url=http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201912020046.html |title=Woman takes charge of MSDF Aegis destroyer for 1st time：The Asahi Shimbun |website=www.asahi.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202121032/http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201912020046.html |archive-date=2019-12-02}}
In popular culture
- The ship is featured in the 2012 film Battleship, where she and the USS Sampson are destroyed and sunk in the first battle against a trio of alien ships in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Hawaii.
Gallery
File:US Navy 050609-N-5384B-003 The Japanese Maritime Self Defense (JDS) ship JDS Myoko (DDG 175), foreground, sails in formation along with the guided missile cruiser USS Shiloh (CG 67).jpg|JS Myōkō and USS Shiloh on 9 June 2005
File:JS Myōkō in the Pacific, -17 Mar. 2007 a.jpg|JS Myōkō underway on 18 March 2007
File:JS Myōkō at Pearl Harbor, -27 Jun. 2012 a.jpg|JS Myōkō at Pearl Harbor on 27 June 2012
File:JS Myōkō departs Pearl Harbor, -10 Jul. 2012 a.jpg|JS Myōkō at Pearl Harbor on 10 July 2012
File:JS Myōkō(DDG-175).jpg|JS Myōkō underway 4 May 2021
References
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External links
- [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/japan/kongo.htm GlobalSecurity.org; JMSDF DDG Kongo Class]
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{{Kongō class destroyer}}
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Category:Kongō-class destroyers
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