Haruna Class Destroyers Class Overview

Dimensions, Machinery and Performance

Length:
502'
Engines:
2 steam turbines
Beam:
57' 4"
Boilers:
2
Draft:
17' 1"
Shafts:
2
Displacement:
4,950 std / 6,900 full
SHP:
60,000
*Hiei 5,050 std / 7,000 full
Speed:
31 knots
Crew:
400 (aprox.)
Range:
N/A


Armament As Built
Number Carried
Type
Arrangement
Maximum Range / Ceiling
2
5"/54 Mk 42 DP
Single turrets
25,909 yards @ 45° (14.7 miles)
AA ceiling 51,600' @ 85°

2
Mk 15 15mm Phalanx
CIWS

Single mounts
6,000 yards (max effective 1,625)
3,000-4,500 Rounds per minute
1
ASROC Mk 112
octuple launcher

Raytheon Sea Sparrow
SAM Mk 29 Type 3A
30 NM+ 2,660 mph

6
12.75" (324mm)
torpedo tubes
2 triple launchers
Mk 46 torpedo
8,000 yards / 28 knots


Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Mitsubishi
Nagasaki, Japan

Feb. 1, 1972
Feb. 22, 1973
Fate
Active homeport Maizuru, Japan
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Decommissioned
Ishikawajima-Harima
Tokyo, Japan

Aug. 13, 1973
Nov. 27, 1974
Fate
Active homeport Kure, Japan


Page published May 1, 2007