JS Atago

{{short description|Atago-class guided missile destroyer}} {{other ships|Japanese ship Atago}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image = JS Atago(DDG-177).jpg | image_caption = JS ''Atago'' on 4 October 2012 }}

|section2={{Infobox ship/career | hide_header = | country = Japan | flag = {{shipboxflag|Japan|naval}} | name = *''Atago'' *(あたご) | namesake = Mount Atago | ordered = 2002 | builder = Mitsubishi | laid_down = 5 April 2004 in Nagasaki | launched = 24 August 2005 | acquired = | commissioned = 15 March 2007 | homeport = Maizuru | decommissioned = | in_service = | out_of_service = | struck = | reinstated = | identification = *{{MMSI Number|431999686}} *Pennant number: DDG-177 | honours = | fate = | status = Active | notes = }}

|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics | hide_header = | header_caption = | class = ''Atago'' class destroyer | displacement = *7700 tons standard *10,000+ tons full load | length = {{convert|560|ft|m|abbr=on}} | beam = {{convert|68.9|ft|m|abbr=on}} | draught = | draft = {{convert|20.3|ft|m|abbr=on}} | propulsion = *4 Ishikawajima Harima/General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines; *two shafts, *100,000 shaft horsepower (75 MW) | speed = 30 knots (56 km/h) | range = *4,500 nautical miles at 20 knots *(8,334 km at 37 km/h) | complement = 300 | sensors = AN/SPY-1D(V) | EW = | armament = * 1 × 5 inch (127mm/L62) Mk-45 Mod 4 naval gun in a stealth-shaped mount. (Made by Japan Steel Works licensed from its original manufacturer). * 2 × missile canister up to 8 Type 90 (SSM-1B) * 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS * 2 × Type 68 triple torpedo tubes (6 × Mk-46 or Type 73 torpedoes) *96-cell Mk-41 VLS (64 at the bow / 32 cells at the stern aft) for a mix of: **SM-2MR Standard Missile **SM-3 Anti-Ballistic Missile **RUM-139 Vertical Launch ASROC (Anti-Submarine) **RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow | armour = | armor = | aircraft = 1 x SH-60K helicopter | notes = }} }} '''JS ''Atago'' (DDG-177)''', {{nihongo|あたご|A-ta-go}}, is the lead ship of her class of guided missile destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). She was named after Mount Atago. She was laid down by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Nagasaki on April 5, 2004. Launching ceremony happened on August 24, 2005 and she was commissioned on March 15, 2007.

==Deployments== JS ''Atago'' took part in RIMPAC 2010 held in Hawaii.<ref>{{cite web|title=JS Atago (DDG 177) departs Pearl Harbor during RIMPAC 2010|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1e1IV7QvmA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/G1e1IV7QvmA |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|date=28 April 2017|publisher=Gung Ho Vids|via=YouTube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

On February 19 (JST, February 18-UTC), 2008, ''Atago'' collided with and destroyed a civil fishing boat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7252002.stm|title=Search after Japan navy collision|publisher=BBC News|date=2008-02-19|accessdate=2008-02-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUKL1810263520080219|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081009122718/http://uk.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUKL1810263520080219|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 9, 2008|title=High-tech Japan warship collides with fishing boat|publisher=Reuters|author=Sieg, Linda|date=2008-02-19|accessdate=2008-02-19}}</ref> Two fishermen were missing, and they have not been found. Two of ''Atago''{{'}}s crewmen, who had been prosecuted with the charges of professional negligence after the accident, were found not guilty.<ref>[http://www.japan-press.co.jp/modules/news/index.php?id=5807 Maritime law again downplayed in lawsuit over MSDF Aegis crash killing 2 fishermen]</ref>

== Gallery == <gallery mode="nolines"> File:JMSDF JDS Atago DDG-177.jpg|JS ''Atago'' on 24 February 2008 File:US Navy 100730-N-8539M-219 The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force guided-missile destroyer JS Atago (DDG 177) returns to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam after participating in Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2010 exercises.jpg|JS ''Atago'' returns to Pearl Harbor after participating in RIMPAC 2010 File:JS Atago (DDG-177) leaves Pearl Harbor for San Diego, -20 May 2013 b.jpg|JS ''Atago'' leaves Pearl Harbor for San Diego, 20 May 2013 File:JS Atago（DDG-177） in Tenpouzan Port 20140426-01.JPG|JS ''Atago'' on 26 April 2014 File:JS Atago（DDG-177） in Tenpouzan Port 20140426-02.JPG File:JS Atago（DDG-177） in Tenpouzan Port 20140426-03.JPG File:JS Atago(DDG-177) left front view at JMSDF Maizuru Naval Base April 13, 2019 02.jpg|JS ''Atago'' in Maizuru on 13 April 2019 File:JS Atago(DDG-177) , JMSDF.png|JS ''Atago'' underway, 18 January 2021 File:JS Atago DDG-177 20220524a.jpg|JS ''Atago'' docked, 24 May 2022 File:JS Atago (DDG-177), USS Benfold (DDG-65), and Korea's Kuritani Yi I (DDG-992) conduct ballistic missile information sharing exercises. In the Sea of Japan (April 17, 2023).jpg|JS ''Atago'' with {{USS|Benfold}} and {{ROKS|Yulgok Yi I}} during a ballistic missile information sharing exercise in the Sea of Japan, 17 April 2023 </gallery>

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==External links== {{commonscat-inline|JS Atago (DDG-177)|JS Atago (DDG-177)}} *[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/japan/7700ton.htm DDG 7,700 ton Class]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Atago (DDG-177)}} Category:Atago-class destroyers Category:Maritime incidents in 2008 Category:2005 ships Category:Ships built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries