DDG Kongo-Class Guided Missile Destroyer
The Kongō-class destroyers are missile destroyers of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) equipped with the Aegis combat system, built by the JMSDF in 1988 to enhance air defense capabilities. Before the Atago-class destroyers entered service in 2007, they were the largest warships by displacement in the JMSDF.
The Kongō-class design is basically the same as the U.S. Arleigh Burke-class Flight I destroyers, but with a larger superstructure, the lightweight cross mast of the Burke class was replaced with the JMSDF’s traditional heavy quad mast. This is the main visual difference between the Kongō-class and the Arleigh Burke-class Flight I. In accordance with Japan’s pacifist constitution, these ships are still referred to as "escort ships" in Japan and are not equipped with Tomahawk cruise missiles for land attack.
A total of four Kongō-class ships were built, making them among the earliest ships in the world to be equipped with the Aegis system aside from the U.S. Navy. Within the JMSDF escort fleet, each escort squadron is assigned one Kongō-class ship, making them the primary air defense vessels of the JMSDF.
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Length: 161 meters
Beam: 21 meters
Draft: 6.2 meters
Displacement: Standard 7,250 tons, Full load 9,485 tons
Crew: 300
Propulsion System: COGAG, 4×LM2500 gas turbines / 100,000 hp, twin shafts CPP, twin rudders
Range: 6,000 nautical miles / 20 knots
Speed: 30 knots
Shipboard Electrical System:
Combat System: OYQ-8 (Aegis Baseline J1 (DDG-173~175) / J2 (DDG-176))
Radar: AN/SPY-1D 3D phased array radar
—— OPS-28D air search radar
—— OPS-20 navigation radar
Sonar: OQS-102 active/passive bow sonar
—— OQR-2 passive towed array sonar
Other: 4×MK-36 chaff launchers
—— 1×AN/SLQ-25A torpedo countermeasure system
—— 1×NOLQ-2 electronic warfare system
Shipborne Weapons:
Naval Gun: 1×Otto Melara 127mm/54 cal fully automatic gun
Missiles: 12×8-cell MK-41 vertical launch system (loaded with standard surface-to-air missiles and rocket-assisted torpedoes)
—— 2×quad 90-type anti-ship missile/Harpoon missile launchers
Close-in Defense: 2×Phalanx CIWS (Close-In Weapon System)
Anti-submarine: 2×triple 324mm HOS-302 torpedo tubes
Shipborne Aircraft: No hangar, helicopter deck
This ship model is based on the game Wargame: Red Dragon. Considering the quality of the Eugen model, the appearance and equipment of this ship differ from the actual DDG173 “Kongo” , so a hull number is not included . I feel like the model of this ship that Eugen made is unbelievably inaccurate ，it left me puzzled for several days after researching.
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