Haruna-class destroyer

Haruna (DDH-141)
Class overview
Name	Haruna class destroyer
Operators	Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Succeeded by	Shirane class destroyer
Built	1970–1973
In commission	1973–2011
Completed	2
Retired	2
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	4,950 long tons (5,029 t) standard 6,900 long tons (7,011 t) full load
Length	153.1 m (502 ft)
Beam	17.5 m (57 ft 5 in)
Draft	5.2 m (17 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	2 boilers 850 psi (60 kg/cm², 5.9 MPa), 430 °C 2 turbines 2 shafts 60,000 hp (45,000 kW)
Speed	31 knots (36 mph; 57 km/h)
Complement	370 360 (DDH-141) 36 officers
Armament	• Sea Sparrow Mk 29 (Type 3A) SAM octuple launcher • ASROC octuple launcher • 2 × FMC 5"/54 caliber Mark 42 guns • 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS • 2 x Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes (Mk-46 torpedoes)
Aircraft carried	3 × SH-60J(K) anti-submarine helicopters

The Haruna class destroyers are a class of Japanese destroyer originally built during the early 1970s. These helicopter carrying destroyers are built around a large central hangar which houses up to three helicopters. The ships were upgraded with Sea Sparrow launchers, Phalanx CIWS systems and chaff launchers during the 1980s. The Haruna was removed from service in 2009, while the Shirane class which followed in the late 1970s will remain in service for now.

Ships in the class

Pennant no.	Name	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Home port
DDH-141	Haruna	19 March 1970	1 February 1972	22 February 1973	18 March 2009	Maizuru
DDH-142	Hiei	8 March 1972	13 August 1973	27 November 1974	16 March 2011	Kure

Gallery

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  JDS Hiei in Pearl Harbor
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  Hiei underway in the Pacific with Ashigara and USS Curtis Wilbur, November 2009

External links

• GlobalSecurity.org; JMSDF DDH Haruna Class