Shirane-class destroyer

	Kurama (DDH-144) at sea in 2011
Class overview
Name	Shirane-class destroyer
Builders	Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries
Operators	Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Preceded by	Haruna-class destroyer
Succeeded by	Hyūga-class helicopter destroyer
Built	1977–1981
In commission	1980–2017
Planned	2
Completed	2
Retired	2
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	5,200 long tons (5,283 t) standard; 7,500 long tons (7,620 t) full load;
Length	159 m (522 ft)
Beam	17.5 m (57 ft 5 in)
Draft	5.3 m (17 ft 5 in)
Propulsion	2 × IHI boilers 850 psi (60 kg/cm², 5.9 MPa), 430 °C; 2 × turbines; 2 shafts; 70,000 shp (52 MW);
Speed	31 knots (36 mph; 57 km/h)
Complement	350; 360 (DDH-144); 20 staff;
Sensors &; processing systems	OPS-12 3D Air-search radar; OPS-28 surface-search radar; OQS-101 bow sonar; AN/SQS-35/SQR-18 VDS-TASS;
Electronic warfare; & decoys	NOLQ-1 integrated suite; OLR-9B RWR; Mark 36 SRBOC;
Armament	Sea Sparrow SAM launcher; ASROC Mk 112 octuple launcher; 2 × FMC 5-inch/54-caliber Mark 42 guns; 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS; 2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes (Mk-46 torpedoes);
Aircraft carried	3 × SH-60J(K) anti-submarine helicopters

The Shirane-class destroyers were a pair of Japanese destroyers originally built during the late 1970s. They are built around a large central hangar which houses up to three helicopters and they are the natural successor of the Haruna-class destroyers.

Class overview
Kurama (DDH-144) at sea in 2011
Name	Shirane-class destroyer
Builders	Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries
Operators	Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Preceded by	Haruna-class destroyer
Succeeded by	Hyūga-class helicopter destroyer
Built	1977–1981
In commission	1980–2017
Planned	2
Completed	2
Retired	2
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	5,200 long tons (5,283 t) standard 7,500 long tons (7,620 t) full load
Length	159 m (522 ft)
Beam	17.5 m (57 ft 5 in)
Draft	5.3 m (17 ft 5 in)
Propulsion	2 × IHI boilers 850 psi (60 kg/cm², 5.9 MPa), 430 °C 2 × turbines 2 shafts 70,000 shp (52 MW)
Speed	31 knots (36 mph; 57 km/h)
Complement	350 360 (DDH-144) 20 staff
Sensors & processing systems	OPS-12 3D Air-search radar OPS-28 surface-search radar OQS-101 bow sonar AN/SQS-35/SQR-18 VDS-TASS
Electronic warfare & decoys	NOLQ-1 integrated suite OLR-9B RWR Mark 36 SRBOC
Armament	Sea Sparrow SAM launcher ASROC Mk 112 octuple launcher 2 × FMC 5-inch/54-caliber Mark 42 guns 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes (Mk-46 torpedoes)
Aircraft carried	3 × SH-60J(K) anti-submarine helicopters