Atago-class destroyer vs Type 054A frigate

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Atago-class destroyer — licensed reference photograph

AWarships

Atago-class destroyer

Guided-missile destroyer

Credit

Sengoku2501 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

Type 054A frigate — licensed reference photograph

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Type 054A frigate

Frigate

Credit

日本防衛省・統合幕僚監部 · CC BY 4.0 · Resized · CC BY 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

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At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Atago-class destroyerLength

165 m

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Type 054A frigateLength

134 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Atago-class destroyerlarger figure on 3 of 3

Length+23%
Beam+31%
Speed+12%

Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 0 of 3

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Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

21 of 29 rows sourced on both sides

165m

134m

Length+23%

All recorded figures & sources

165 m

Length

Single source

165.0 m (541 ft 4 in)^[source]

134 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Atago-class destroyer and Type 054A frigate configuration
Specification	Atago-class destroyer	Type 054A frigate
Power	4 IHI / GE LM2500-30 gas turbines Two shafts 5-bladed CP props 100,000 shp (75,000 kW)^[source]	CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts^[source]
Name	Atago class^[source]	—
Builders	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries^[source]	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard^[source]
Operators	Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force^[source]	People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy^[source]

Preceded by	Kongō class^[source]	Type 054 frigate^[source]

Succeeded by	Maya class^[source]	Type 054B frigate^[source]

Cost	¥ 140 billion $1.48 billion (constant 2009 USD)^[source]	US$348 million (est. 2015)^[source]

Built	2004–2008^[source]	2005–present^[source]

In commission	2007–^[source]	2008–present^[source]

Completed	2^[source]	—

Active	2^[source]	46^[source]

Type	Guided-missile destroyer^[source]	Frigate^[source]

Boats & landing craft carried	2 × 11-meter work boats 1 × Rigid hull inflatable boat^[source]	—

Sensors & processing systems	AN/SPY-1D(V) multi-function radar OPS-28E surface search radar (later replaced by SPQ-9B) 3 × AN/SPG-62 illuminators AN/SQQ-89 with SQS-53C and OQR-2 (later replaced by SQR-20) Mk. 46 Optronic director^[source]	Type 382 Radar Type 344 Radar (Mineral-ME Band Stand ) target acquisition and SSM fire control radar 4 × MR-90 Front Dome SAM fire control radars MR-36A surface search radar, I-band Type 347G 76 mm gun fire control radar 2 × Racal RM-1290 navigation radars, I-band MGK-335 medium frequency active/passive sonar system H/SJG-206 towed array sonar ZKJ-4B/6 (developed from Thomson-CSF TAVITAC) combat data system HN-900 Data link (Chinese equivalent of Link 11 A/B, to be upgraded) SNTI-240 SATCOM AKD5000S Ku band SATCOM^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys	NOLQ-2B intercept and jammer 4 × Mk. 36 SRBOC Chaff and Decoy Launching System^[source]	2 × Type 726-4 18-tube decoy rocket launchers Type 922-1 radar warning receiver HZ-100 ECM & ELINT system Kashtan-3 missile jamming system^[source]

Armament	1 × 5-inch (127 mm)/62 Mk 45 Mod 4 gun 8 × Type 90 (SSM-1B) anti-ship missile in quad canisters 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2 × HOS-302 triple torpedo tubes : Mark 46 torpedo Type 73 torpedoes 96-cell Mk 41 Vertical Launching System : SM-2MR surface-to-air missiles SM-3 anti-ballistic missiles VL-ASROC anti-submarine missiles RIM-162 surface-to-air missiles^[source]	1 × 32-cell H/AKJ-16 VLS HHQ-16 SAM Yu-8 anti-submarine missile 2 × 4 YJ-83 anti-ship missiles 1 × H/PJ-26 76 mm naval gun (Type 054A and Type 054A+) or 1 x H/PJ-87 100 mm naval gun (Type 054AG) 2 × 30 mm Type 730 7-barrel gun-based CIWS or Type 1130 11-barrel gun-based CIWS 2 × 3 324 mm Yu-7 torpedo launchers 2 × 6 Type 87 240mm anti-submarine rocket launcher^[source]

Aircraft carried	1 × SH-60K helicopter^[source]	Type 054A: Harbin Z-9 C or Kamov Ka-28 'Helix' Type 054AG: Harbin Z-20 family helicopter including Z-20F anti-submarine version and the Z-20J naval utility version^[source]