Trumpeter 04536 1/350 JMSDF DDG-177 Atago Destroyer

The ATAGO class is fundamentally an improved and scale-up version of the KONGO class.

The ATAGO was laid down in April 5 2004, launched in August 24, 2005 and completed in March 15, 2007 in Mitsubishi Heavy Industry Nagasaki Shipyad.

To enhance the function as a command center, its bridge is by two floors higher than the Arleigh Burke Flight IIA class, making its load displacment larger than 10,000 tons for the first time as a JMSDF surface combat vessel. So it features a large accommodation and capable of flexible operation.

It carrise Mk-45 mod 4 127mm 62 caliber gun whose battery is stealth-shaped. Mk41 VLS is capable of launching Standed Missiles, ASROC missiles and Sca Sparrow missiles.

For anti-surface attack, domestically-mode Type 90 surface-to-surface guided missiles (SSM-1B) were carried instead of US-made Harpoon missiles.

Features

• Lower hull made from two-directional slide moulds.

• Separate sonar due to her sphere.

• Hull version or waterline version