JS Myōkō in Maizuru on 7 September 2009
History
Japan
Name
  • Myōkō
  • (みょうこう)
NamesakeMount Myōkō
Ordered1991
BuilderMitsubishi Heavy Industries
Laid down8 April 1993
Launched5 October 1994
Commissioned14 March 1996
HomeportMaizuru
IdentificationPennant number: DDG-175
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)
Range
  • 4,500 nautical miles at 20 knots
  • (8,334 km at 37 km/h)
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
Aircraft carried1 × 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]

References

  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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