| Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Namesake | Mount Haguro |
| Ordered | 2016 |
| Builder | JMU, Yokohama |
| Laid down | 23 January 2018 |
| Launched | 17 July 2019 |
| Commissioned | 19 March 2021 |
| Identification |
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| Status | Active |
| Class | Maya-class destroyer |
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| Displacement |
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| Length | 169.9 m (557 ft 5 in) |
| Beam | 22.2 m (72 ft 10 in) |
| Draft | 6.4 m (21 ft 0 in) |
| Depth | 13 m (42 ft 8 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h) |
| Boats |
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| Complement | 300 |
| Sensors |
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| Armament |
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| Aircraft | 1 × SH-60K helicopter |
| Aircraft facilities | Flight deck and enclosed hangar for one helicopter |
JS Haguro (DDG-180) is the second Maya-class destroyer guided missile destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).[1] She was named after Mount Haguro, one of Three Mountains of Dewa in Yamagata Prefecture.
Operational history
Haguro participated in the 2022 Pacific Dragon exercise.[2] On 16 November 2022, the guided-missile destroyer JS Maya fired an SM-3 Block IIA missile, successfully intercepting the target outside the atmosphere in the first launch of the missile from a Japanese warship. On 18 November 2022, the JS Haguro likewise fired an SM-3 Block IB missile with a successful hit outside the atmosphere. Both test firings were conducted at the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauaʻi Island, Hawaii, in cooperation with the U.S. Navy and U.S. Missile Defense Agency. This was the first time the two ships conducted SM-3 firings in the same time period, and the tests validated the ballistic missile defense capabilities of Japan's newest Maya-class destroyers.[3]
References
- ^ "新イージス艦「はぐろ」進水＝21年就役、8隻体制へ－海自" ["JS Haguro" will be commissioned in 2021, enable eight ships formation - JMSDF] (in Japanese). Jiji Press. 17 July 2019. Retrieved 10 August 2019.[dead link]
- ^ Mahadzir, Dzirhan (16 August 2022). "U.S. Joins South Korea, Australia, Japan, Canada for Missile Defense Exercise Following RIMPAC". USNI News. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
- ^ Mahadzir, Dzirhan (November 21, 2022). "Two Japanese Destroyers Score in Ballistic Missile Defense Test off Hawaii". News Blog. United States Naval Institute. Retrieved November 22, 2022.