JS Myōkō

	JS Myōkō in Maizuru on 7 September 2009
History
Japan
Name	Myōkō ; (みょうこう);
Namesake	Mount Myōkō
Ordered	1991
Builder	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Laid down	8 April 1993
Launched	5 October 1994
Commissioned	14 March 1996
Homeport	Maizuru
Identification	Pennant number: DDG-175
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and type	Kongō-class destroyer
Displacement	7500 tons standard; 9500 tons full load;
Length	528.2 ft (161.0 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; 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;
Aircraft carried	1 × SH-60K helicopter

JS Myōkō (DDG-175) is a Kongō-class 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 Kongō-class destroyer to be so equipped.^[1]

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.^[2]

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

JS Myōkō and USS Shiloh on 9 June 2005
JS Myōkō underway on 18 March 2007
JS Myōkō at Pearl Harbor on 27 June 2012
JS Myōkō at Pearl Harbor on 10 July 2012
JS Myōkō underway 4 May 2021

References

^ "Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense to Third Japanese Destroyer". DefenceTalk.com. 16 January 2008. Archived from the original on 17 January 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2008.
^ "Woman takes charge of MSDF Aegis destroyer for 1st time：The Asahi Shimbun". www.asahi.com. Archived from the original on 2 December 2019.

External links

GlobalSecurity.org; JMSDF DDG Kongo Class

Media related to JS Myōkō (DDG-175) at Wikimedia Commons

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[dt-1] "Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense to Third Japanese Destroyer". DefenceTalk.com. 16 January 2008. Archived from the original on 17 January 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2008.

[2] "Woman takes charge of MSDF Aegis destroyer for 1st time：The Asahi Shimbun". www.asahi.com. Archived from the original on 2 December 2019.

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v t e Kongō-class destroyers
Kongō Kirishima Myōkō Chōkai
Preceded by: Hatakaze class Followed by: Atago class
List of destroyers of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force