JS Atago
| File:JS Atago(DDG-177).jpg JS Atago on 4 October 2012 | |
| History | |
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| File:Naval Ensign of Japan.svgJapan | |
| Name |
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| 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 |
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| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Atago class destroyer |
| 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 & processing systems | AN/SPY-1D(V) |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 x SH-60K helicopter |
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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
[edit | edit source]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
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JS Atago on 24 February 2008
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JS Atago returns to Pearl Harbor after participating in RIMPAC 2010
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JS Atago leaves Pearl Harbor for San Diego, 20 May 2013
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JS Atago on 26 April 2014
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JS Atago in Maizuru on 13 April 2019
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JS Atago underway, 18 January 2021
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JS Atago docked, 24 May 2022
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JS Atago with USS Benfold and ROKS Yulgok Yi I during a ballistic missile information sharing exercise in the Sea of Japan, 17 April 2023
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References
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- ^ Maritime law again downplayed in lawsuit over MSDF Aegis crash killing 2 fishermen
External links
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