Daguan-class troopship vs Kongō-class destroyer

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Daguan-class troopship

Troopship / Training ship / "Comprehensive support ship"

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Credit

ForceTally · AI-generated illustration · Not a photograph · AI-generated · OpenAI output terms · Source ↗ · Modified

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Kongō-class destroyer

Guided-missile destroyer

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At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Daguan-class troopshipLength

196 m

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Kongō-class destroyerLength

161 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Daguan-class troopshiplarger figure on 2 of 2

Length+22%
Beam+33%

Kongō-class destroyerlarger figure on 0 of 2

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Measured figures

Head to head

11 of 28 rows sourced on both sides

196m

161m

Length+22%

All recorded figures & sources

196 m

Length

Single source

196 metres (643 ft)^[source]

161 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Daguan-class troopship and Kongō-class destroyer configuration
Specification	Daguan-class troopship	Kongō-class destroyer
Power	—	4 Ishikawajima Harima / General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines ; two shafts, 100,000 shp (75,000 kW)^[source]
Operators	People's Liberation Army Navy^[source]	Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force^[source]
In service	2011 - present^[source]	—
Completed	2^[source]	4^[source]
Active	2

Type	Troopship / Training ship / "Comprehensive support ship"^[source]	Guided-missile destroyer^[source]

Capacity	2,500 support personnel^[source]	—

Aviation facilities	Medium helicopter deck^[source]	Helicopter deck only^[source]

Manufacturer	CSSC Offshore & Marine Engineering Company^[source]	—

Aircraft carried	Each ship has a medium helicopter deck on its stern, which can accommodate one Changhe Z-8 heavy transport helicopter.^[source]Stern helicopter-deck accommodation; not an embarked air-group assertion	1 × SH-60J/K helicopter^[source]

Name	—	Kongō class^[source]

Builders	—	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (3) Ishikawajima-Harima HI (1)^[source]

Preceded by	—	Hatakaze class^[source]

Succeeded by	—	Atago class^[source]

Built	—	1990 - 1998^[source]

In commission	—	1993 -^[source]

Sensors & processing systems	—	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]

Electronic warfare & decoys	—	NOLQ-2 ECM intercept and jammer 4 × Mark 36 SRBOC Chaff and Decoy Launching System Type 4 towed anti-torpedo decoy^[source]

Armament	—	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]