JMSDF Murasame Class Destroyer Details

The Murasame was a successor to the Asagiri class, and like its predecessor, it mainly tasked with ASW and ASuW.

Murasame Class General Specifications

• Speed: 30 knots
• Length: 151m
• Beam 17.4m
• Draft 5.2m
• Displacement: 4550 tons (standard) / 5100 tons (full load)
• Crewmember: up to 165

Aircraft carried:    1 × SH-60J(K) anti-submarine

Murasame Class Ships

• JDS Murasame (DD-101) - Commissioned March 1996
• JDS Harusame (DD-102) - Commissioned March 1997
• JDS Yudachi (DD-103)  - Commissioned March 1999
• JDS Kirisame (DD-104) - Commissioned March 1999
• JDS Inazuma (DD-105) - Commissioned March 2000
• JDS Samidare (DD-106) - Commissioned March 2001
• JDS Ikazuche (DD-107) - Commissioned March 2002
• JDS Akebono (DD-108) - Commissioned March 2002
• JDS Ariake (DD-109) - Commissioned March 2002

Murasame Class Armament:   

• SSM-1B SSM
• VLS Mk 48 (16 cells)
• Evolved Sea Sparrow SAM
• VLS Mk 41 (16 cells)
• RUM-139 VL ASROC
• 1 × 76 mm 62cal rapid fire gun (OTO Melara 3)
• 2 × 20 mm CIWS
• 2 × Type 68 triple torpedo tubes

Murasame Class Destroyer Video

Mission:

• Anti-submarine Warfare
• Anti-surface  Warfare