JDS Hiei

JDS Hiei (DDH-142) was a Haruna-class destroyer in service with the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force. From 1974 to 2011 she served the JMSDF before being decommissioned.

For other ships with the same name, see Japanese ship Hiei.

Hiei
History
Japan
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:	Haruna-class destroyer
Displacement:	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:	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:	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)
Aviation facilities:	Extensive Helicopter landing pad, Large Helicopter hangar

References

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1. ja:ひえい (護衛艦)