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General-purpose destroyer
Takanami-class destroyer is a general-purpose destroyer. It was built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki shipyard (2) IHI Marine United Yokohama Shipyard (2) Uraga Shipyard (1). Reported operators include Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
JapanTakanami-class destroyer
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki shipyard (2) IHI Marine United Yokohama Shipyard (2) Uraga Shipyard (1)
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Murasame class
Akizuki class
2000–2004
2003–present
5
5
General-purpose destroyer
4,650 long tons (4,725 t ) standard 6,300 long tons (6,401 t) full load
151 m (495 ft 5 in)
17.4 m (57 ft 1 in)
10.9 m (35 ft 9 in)
5.3 m (17 ft 5 in)
2 × Ishikawajima Harima LM-2500 gas turbines 2 × Kawasaki Rolls-Royce Spey SM1C gas turbines 60,000 shp (45 MW) 2 shafts
30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
175
OPS-25B radar OPS-28D surface-search radar OPS-20 navigational radar OQS-5 sonar UQR-2 towed sonar Type 81 fire-control system
NOLQ-3 ECM system 4 × Mk137 chaff dispensers
1 × Otobreda 127 mm/54 gun 2 × missile canister up to 8 Type 90 (SSM-1B) 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2 × Type 68 triple torpedo tubes VLS Mk 41 (32 cells) • Evolved Sea Sparrow SAM • RUM-139 VL ASROC
1 × SH-60J(K) anti-submarine helicopter
Hangar and helipad
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Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 151 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 151 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 151 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 151 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
Takanami-class destroyer equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
JapanMaritime Self-Defense Force exact named equipment holdings of Takanami (improved Murasame). Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): PRINCIPAL SURFACE COMBATANTS / None. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited. The leading printed inventory count is retained; separately stated extra reserve, nonoperational or repair quantities inside parentheses are not added to it and remain verbatim in the excerpt. Source parentheses retain employment, lease, reporting designation, alternate model, or included-subset scopes exactly. Own fetched primary and alternate/model identity declarations are retained. Numbers inside an included subset are part of the printed count and are never added again; no sibling or parent specification is copied.
Reported count for Takanami -class. Service scope: Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct quantity component(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Explicit source inventory scope: active; no other stock status or total inferred. Count column(s): in service: 5. Origin: unstated. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.