BPS-500 missile boat vs Kongō-class destroyer

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AWarships

BPS-500 missile boat

Guided-missile corvette

Kongō-class destroyer — licensed reference photograph

BWarships

Kongō-class destroyer

Guided-missile destroyer

Credit

PH1 (NAC) JAMES G. MCCARTER · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

BPS-500 missile boatLength

62 m

Length source ↗

Kongō-class destroyerLength

161 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 1 of 4

Speed+5%

Kongō-class destroyerlarger figure on 3 of 4

Length+160%
Beam+91%
Complement+971%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

16 of 32 rows sourced on both sides

62m

161m

Length+160%

All recorded figures & sources

62 m

Length

Single source

62 metres (203.4 ft )^[source]

161 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

BPS-500 missile boat and Kongō-class destroyer configuration
Specification	BPS-500 missile boat	Kongō-class destroyer
Displacement	—	7,250 tons standard 9,500 tons full load^[source]
Power	2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets^[source]	4 Ishikawajima Harima / General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines ; two shafts, 100,000 shp (75,000 kW)^[source]
Name	BPS-500 class^[source]	Kongō class^[source]
Operators	Vietnam People's Navy^[source]	Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force^[source]

Built	1998–2001, 2025–present^[source]	1990 - 1998^[source]

In commission	2001–present^[source]	1993 -^[source]

Planned	4^[source]	—

On order	3^[source]	—

Building	3^[source]	—

Completed	1^[source]	4^[source]

Active	1^[source]	4^[source]

Laid up	2^[source]	—

Retired	0^[source]	—

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

Tonnage	850 tons (full load)^[source]	—

Sensors & processing systems	MR-352 ("Cross Dome") search radar MR-123 ("Bass Tilt") fire control radar^[source]	AN/SPY-1D PESA radar OPS-28C or D surface-search radar OPS-20 navigation radar 3 × AN/SPG-62 fire-control radar OQS-102 bow-mounted sonar OQR-2 towed array sonar^[source]

Armament	1 x AK-176 76 mm gun 1 x AK-630 30 mm CIWS 2 x 12.7 mm machine guns Anti-ship missiles 8 x Kh-35 Uran anti-ship missiles ( Ship 381 ) 8 x VCM-01 anti-ship missiles (from A2 onward) 1 x 9K38 Igla MANPADS^[source]	1 × 127 mm (5 in)/54 Caliber Oto Melara Compact Gun 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon Anti-ship Missile in quad canisters 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2 × HOS-302 triple torpedo tubes : Mark 46 torpedo Type 73 torpedoes 90-cell Mk 41 Vertical Launching System : SM-2MR Surface-to-air missile SM-3 Anti-ballistic missile RUM-139 Anti-Submarine Rocket RIM-162 Surface-to-air missile Tomahawk cruise missile^[source]