JS Hiei
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 Hiei
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| History | |
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| Name | Hiei |
| Builder | Ishikawajima-Harima |
| Laid down | 8 March 1972 |
| Launched | 13 August 1973 |
| Commissioned | 27 December 1974 |
| Decommissioned | 16 March 2011 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Template:Sclass- |
| Displacement | list error: <br /> list (help) 4,950 long tons (5,029 t) standard 6,900 long tons (7,011 t) full load |
| Length | 153.1 m (502 ft 4 in) |
| Beam | 17.5 m (57 ft 5 in) |
| Draught | 5.2 m (17 ft 1 in) |
| Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) 2 boilers 850 psi (60 kg/cm², 5.9 MPa), 430 °C 2 turbines 2 shafts 60,000 hp (45,000 kW) |
| Speed | 31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph) |
| Complement | 360 (36 officers) |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) • Sea Sparrow Mk 29 (Type 3A) SAM octuple launcher • ASROC octuple launcher • 2 × FMC 5"/54 caliber Mark 42 guns • 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS • 2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes (Mark 46 torpedoes) |
JDS Hiei(DDH-142)was a destroyer in service with the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force. From 1974 to 2011 she served the JMSDF before being decommissioned.[1]