Name Myōkō (DDG-175) Ordered 1991 Commissioned 14 March 1996 Construction started 8 April 1993 Length 161 m | Namesake Mount Myōkō Laid down 8 April 1993 Fate Active Launched 5 October 1994 | |
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Builder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. | ||
JDS Myōkō (DDG-175) is a Kongō-class guided missile destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). Myōkō was named after Mount Myōkō.
She was laid down by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Nagasaki, Nagasaki on 8 April 1993, launched on 5 October 1994; and commissioned on 14 March 1996.
In January 2008, it was announced that Lockheed Martin received a US$40.4 million contract modification to provide Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMD) capability to the Myōkō, the third Kongō-class destroyer to be so equipped.
In popular culture
The ship was featured in the 2012 American film Battleship, being commanded by Captain Yugi Nagata, in which it was destroyed by the Red Stinger after trying to fight it in order to support the U.S. Navy destroyer USS John Paul Jones.