Murasame-class destroyer (1994)

	JS Samidare in Pearl Harbor
Class overview
Name	Murasame class
Builders	Ishikawajima-Harima HI; Tokyo #1 Shipyard (3); Mitsubishi Heavy Industries; Nagasaki Shipyard (3) ; Hitachi Zōsen ; Maizuru Shipyard (1); Mitsui Shipbuilding; Tamano Shipyard (1); Sumitomo Heavy Industries; Oppama Shipyard (1);
Operators	Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Preceded by	Asagiri class
Succeeded by	Takanami class
Built	1993–2000
In commission	1996–present
Planned	14
Completed	9
Cancelled	5
Active	9
General characteristics
Type	General-purpose destroyer
Displacement	4,550 tons standard, ; 6,200 tons full load;
Length	151 m (495 ft 5 in)
Beam	17.4 m (57 ft 1 in)
Draft	5.2 m (17 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	2 × IHI-GE LM2500 gas turbines; 2 × KHI-RR SM1C gas turbines; 60,000 shp (45 MW); 2 shafts, cp props;
Speed	30 knots (35 mph; 56 km/h)
Complement	165
Sensors &; processing systems	OYQ-9 CDS (w/ Link-11); OYQ-103 ASWCS; FCS-2-31 fire-control systems; OPS-24B air search radar; OPS-28 surface search radar; OQS-5 hull sonar; OQR-2 TASS;
Electronic warfare; & decoys	NOLQ-3 suite; Mk 36 SRBOC Chaff and Decoy Launching System; AN/SLQ-25 torpedo decoys;
Armament	1 × OTO Melara 76 mm gun; 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS; 8 × Type-90 SSM-1B Anti-ship missile in quad canisters; 2 × triple 324 mm torpedo tubes; 16-cell Mk 48 VLS with Evolved Sea Sparrow SAM; 16-cell Mk 41 VLS with VL-ASROC;
Aircraft carried	1 × SH-60J/K anti-submarine helicopter

The Murasame-class destroyer (むらさめ型護衛艦, Murasame-gata-goei-kan) is a class of destroyers serving with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). This is the first class of the second-generation, general-purpose destroyers of the JMSDF.

Class overview
JS Samidare in Pearl Harbor
Name	Murasame class
Builders	Ishikawajima-Harima HI Tokyo #1 Shipyard (3) Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki Shipyard (3) Hitachi Zōsen Maizuru Shipyard (1) Mitsui Shipbuilding Tamano Shipyard (1) Sumitomo Heavy Industries Oppama Shipyard (1)
Operators	Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Preceded by	Asagiri class
Succeeded by	Takanami class
Built	1993–2000
In commission	1996–present
Planned	14
Completed	9
Cancelled	5
Active	9
General characteristics
Type	General-purpose destroyer
Displacement	4,550 tons standard, 6,200 tons full load
Length	151 m (495 ft 5 in)
Beam	17.4 m (57 ft 1 in)
Draft	5.2 m (17 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	2 × IHI-GE LM2500 gas turbines 2 × KHI-RR SM1C gas turbines 60,000 shp (45 MW) 2 shafts, cp props
Speed	30 knots (35 mph; 56 km/h)
Complement	165
Sensors & processing systems	OYQ-9 CDS (w/ Link-11) OYQ-103 ASWCS FCS-2-31 fire-control systems OPS-24B air search radar OPS-28 surface search radar OQS-5 hull sonar OQR-2 TASS
Electronic warfare & decoys	NOLQ-3 suite Mk 36 SRBOC Chaff and Decoy Launching System AN/SLQ-25 torpedo decoys
Armament	1 × OTO Melara 76 mm gun 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 8 × Type-90 SSM-1B Anti-ship missile in quad canisters 2 × triple 324 mm torpedo tubes 16-cell Mk 48 VLS with Evolved Sea Sparrow SAM 16-cell Mk 41 VLS with VL-ASROC
Aircraft carried	1 × SH-60J/K anti-submarine helicopter