Kongō-class destroyer vs Type 054A frigate

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Kongō-class destroyer — licensed reference photograph

AWarships

Kongō-class destroyer

Guided-missile destroyer

Credit

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

Kongō-class destroyerLength

161 m

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Type 054A frigateLength

134 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Kongō-class destroyerlarger figure on 3 of 3

Length+20%
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 28 rows sourced on both sides

161m

134m

Length+20%

All recorded figures & sources

161 m

Length

Single source

161 m (528 ft)^[source]

134 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Kongō-class destroyer and Type 054A frigate configuration
Specification	Kongō-class destroyer	Type 054A frigate
Power	4 Ishikawajima Harima / General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines ; two shafts, 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	Kongō class^[source]	—
Builders	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (3) Ishikawajima-Harima HI (1)^[source]	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard^[source]
Operators	Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force^[source]	People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy

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

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

Built	1990 - 1998^[source]	2005–present^[source]

In commission	1993 -^[source]	2008–present^[source]

Completed	4^[source]	—

Active	4^[source]	46^[source]

Type	Guided-missile destroyer^[source]	Frigate^[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]	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-2 ECM intercept and jammer 4 × Mark 36 SRBOC Chaff and Decoy Launching System Type 4 towed anti-torpedo decoy^[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 × 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]	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-60J/K 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]