![]() JSAtago 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 inNagasaki |
Launched | 24 August 2005 |
Commissioned | 15 March 2007 |
Homeport | Maizuru |
Identification |
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Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Atago classdestroyer |
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 xSH-60K helicopter |
JSAtago (DDG-177), あたご (A-ta-go), is thelead ship ofher class of guided missiledestroyer in theJapan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). She was named afterMount Atago. She was laid down byMitsubishi Heavy Industries inNagasaki on April 5, 2004. Launching ceremony happened on August 24, 2005 and she was commissioned on March 15, 2007.
JSAtago took part inRIMPAC 2010 held inHawaii.[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 ofAtago's crewmen who had been prosecuted with the charges of professional negligence after the accident were found not guilty.[4]
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