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	Kongo class destroyer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kongo class destroyers are fourth generation destroyers and an improvement upon the U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke class (Flight I) which serve in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Escort Flotillas.
		The Kongo class vessels are being modified to serve in a theater missile defense role, with the primary intention of countering North Korean ballistic missiles.
		Kongo class destroyers are powered by four Ishikawajima-Harima LM2500 gas turbines.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kongo_class_destroyer (357 words)

	Kongo class destroyer -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Overall, the Kongo-class are much larger than traditional (A person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to) destroyers and at 9,485 tons displacement come close to (A large fast warship; smaller than a battleship and larger than a destroyer) cruisers in size.
		Currently, there are four Kongo-class destroyers in commission by the JMSDF; JDS Kongo and Chokai, homeported in (Click link for more info and facts about Sasebo) Sasebo, Kirishima, homeported in (Click link for more info and facts about Yokosuka) Yokosuka, and Myoko, homeported in (Click link for more info and facts about Maizuru) Maizuru.
		Kongo class destroyers are powered by four (Click link for more info and facts about Ishikawajima-Harima LM2500) Ishikawajima-Harima LM2500 (Turbine that converts the chemical energy of a liquid fuel into mechanical energy by internal combustion; gaseous products of the fuel (which is burned in compressed air) are expanded through a turbine) gas turbines.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/K/Ko/Kongo_class_destroyer.htm (322 words)

	Encyclopedia: Kongo class destroyer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		However, in keeping with the defensive mission of the JMSDF and passive nature of Japan Self-Defense Forces in general, the Kongo-class lacks the Tomahawk missile and its support suite.
		Jump to: navigation, search USS Lassen, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet or battle group and defend them against smaller, short-range attackers (originally torpedo boats, later submarines and...
		USS Lassen, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet or battle group and defend them against smaller, short-range attackers (originally torpedo boats, later submarines and aircraft).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Kongo-class-destroyer (1059 words)

	Weapon class destroyer -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		They were a rather changeable bunch and in appearance are a mixture between the (Click link for more info and facts about Battle class) Battle class and the (Click link for more info and facts about Daring class) Daring class.
		They had the combination of straight vertical funnel without cap but with whip ariels each side just aft of amidships and forward funnel hidden in the lattice mainmast structure that is characteristic of the Darings.
		Main armament: 4 x 4 inch in twin mountings as used in the Loch class frigates.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/W/We/Weapon_class_destroyer.htm (195 words)

	Encyclopedia: Arleigh-Burke-class-destroyer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Arleigh Burke class are among the largest destroyers ever built (larger is the Ticonderoga class of cruisers, which were constructed as destroyers and subsequently redesignated as cruisers), and certainly among the most powerful.
		Admiral Burke was alive when the class leader was commissioned, and his words to the plank crew echo in the class's distinguished service to date: "This ship is built to fight; you'd better know how." Admiral is a word from the Arabic term Amir-al-bahr (Lord of the bay).
		One Arleigh Burke class ship has been damaged by enemy action: Cole was damaged by a improvised explosive device delivered by a suicide boat in October 2000 in Aden, Yemen (see USS Cole bombing).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Arleigh_Burke_class_destroyer (2161 words)

	DDG Kongo Class
		The Kongo Class is the 4th generation Guided Missile Destroyer (DDG) and has a different appearance and contents from previous Japanse DDG designs.
		Kongo, first of a class of four 26,230 ton battlecruisers, was built at Barrow-in-Furness, England.
		In 1929-31, Kongo was modernized at Yokosuka Dockyard, and was thereafter rated as a battleship.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/japan/kongo.htm (1828 words)

	A Tin Can Sailors Destroyer History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The new destroyer was based southeast of the embattled island, at the American facility at Noumea, New Caledonia.
		The destroyer succeeded in forcing the sub to submerge, then, with an adroit application of depth charges, was able to hold the undersea attacker down while the convoy passed.
		Two battleships, a light cruiser, and fourteen destroyers were supposed to bombard the American air base at Henderson Field, smash the concentration of troop transports reinforcing the Allied beachhead, and cover reinforcements of their own.
	www.destroyers.org /nl-histories/dd450-nl.htm (1071 words)

	Destroyer Escort
		Of the 563 Destroyer Escorts built during and shortly after WW 2, 78 were for England, 6 for France, and 8 for Brazil.
		The first Destroyer Escort that was commissioned was the USS Brennan DE 13 on Jan 20, 1943, at Mare Island, Vallejo, Calif. the DEs would supply the United States Navy with the economical destroyer type ship which could be mass produced using less expensive material.
		On a Destroyer Escort, the space allowed in the crews compartment for each crewmen was 1/6th the space allowed for a prisoner in a US Federal Prison during WW2.
	www.sunwest-emb.com /wiseman/destroyer_escort.htm (3060 words)

	History of the Kongo Class
		Kongo was built in the Vickers- Armstrong Yard at Barrow, the last major Japanese warship built overseas.
		Originally classed as "Junyo senkan", or battlecruisers, their designation was changed to "Senkan", or battleship, after rebuilding.
		Kongo was lost to submarine attack, Haruna to air attack, Kirishima to fire from a modern battleship, and Hiei from the combined fire of cruisers and destroyers.
	www.bobhenneman.info /Kongohistory.htm (859 words)

	Vieweg Report part 2 - page 5 and 6
		With the exception of a large vessel with a destroyer standing by to the south- east, none of the enemy ships were seen by the survivors in the water.
		As this flight circled around our group, intermittent but effective bursts of AA fire were observed, apparently from the ship or ship's damaged and dead in the water and by their escorts.
		Large enemy vessel (Kongo Class BB?) with a destroyer nearby in sight during the forenoon still visible and observed on a northerly heading at slow speed, by some of the survivors.
	www.ussgambierbay-vc10.com /leytegulf_reports/part2_5.htm (442 words)

	Kongo language resources
		They were written by young Kongo men between 1914 and 1916 at the instigation of KE Laman, a Swedish missionary.
		The religious therapeutic functions of the cemetery for the Kongo of Zaire.
		Among 75 distinct subdivisions, the Kongo, the Teke, and the Sangha are the three principal ethnic groups.
	www.mongabay.com /indigenous_ethnicities/languages/languages/Kongo.html (899 words)

	Kongo Trades (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The kingdom of the Kongo was a well-established polity in the...
		African Christianity in Kongo Ana Nzinga: Queen of Ndongo Art of the Asante Kingdom The Portuguese in Africa, 1415-1600...
		Kongo Consulting is your one stop shop for web related development.
	www.ecurrency-exchange.com /rates/Kongo-trades.htm (594 words)

	List of destroyer classes - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Town class — 50 ships from three classes of United States Navy destroyers, 1917–1920
		Arleigh Burke class — 36 ships, 1989– (further ships are being constructed or planned)
		List of destroyer classes, Australia (RAN), Canada (Canadian Forces Maritime Command), China (PLAN), France (Marine Nationale), Germany (Deutsche Marine), Netherlands (Koninklijke Marine), India, Italy (Marina Militare), Japan (Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force), Poland, Portugal Navy, Spain (Armada Espanola), South Korea, Russia/USSR, Taiwan (ROCN), Turkey, United Kingdom (Royal Navy) and United States (USN).
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/List_of_destroyers (350 words)

	IMDEX ASIA 97 MEETS ASIAN NAVIES REQUIREMENTS
		However, in the light of the emergence of littoral warfare as the likely scenario for future naval conflicts, together with the increasing spread of submarines and mines, a number of nations are now turning their attention to developing their ASW and mine warfare capabilities.
		The 'Adelaide' class (US FFG 7) frigates will also be upgraded to deal with simultaneous multiple threat scenarios, and will be given an enhanced anti-surface warfare (ASuW) capability with a new radar and communications suite and an improved variant of the US Harpoon missile.
		South Korea is also in the early stages of defining the requirement for a new class of AAW destroyer based on the KDX, with an in-service date of around 2005.
	defence-data.com /imdex/page435.htm (2095 words)

	KIDD Class Destroyer Capabilities [Free Republic]
		Up until the advent of AEGIS technology on the Ticonderoga Class Cruisers (CG's) and then later on the Burke class Destroyers (DDG's), the KIDD class DDG's were the most powerful multi-purpose destroyers in the US inventory, and in all probability, in the world.
		The principle difference between the Kidd Class destroyers and the current Ticonderoga Class CG's and newer Burke DDG's lies in the phased array radars of the AEGIS system and its greater capablity to detect and target incoming hostile air threats.
		Having said this, the Kidd Class DDG's employed the most technologically advanced radars and launchers for rail launched Anti-AirCraft missiles (AAM) in the world, and are among the most powerful Anti-Air and all purpose destroyers on the high seas.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3ae512e27f79.htm (5677 words)

	Kongo class destroyer - Enpsychlopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Image:Myoko.jpg A fourth generation destroyer and improvement upon the US Navy Arleigh Burke class (Flight I), the Kongo-class destroyers serve in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Escort Flotillas.
		The Kongo-class employs the highly advanced AEGIS fire control system and is armed with the RIM-66 SM2 Block II surface-to-air missile, RUM-139 vertically launched anti-submarine rocket, the RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missile, two Mark 15 20 mm CIWS gun mounts, two torpedo mounts in a triple tube configuration and a OTO 127 mm 54 caliber gun.
		Compared to the Arleigh Burke class vessels, Kongo class ships are built to merchant specification, damage control properties suffer as a result.
	www.grohol.com /psypsych/Kongo_class_destroyer (409 words)

	ModelWarships reveiw
		The JMSDF newest surface warships are of the Takanami Class, at present 8 are planned.
		The Takanami was launched in July of 2001 and the Onami (second of the class) was launched September of 2001.
		The Takanami as well as the Murasame Class escorts are an excellent combination of anti-submarine, anti-surface and anti-air warfare on a compact platform.
	www.modelwarships.com /reviews/ships/ijn/dd/Onami-700-jh/onami.html (973 words)

	Warships Magazine - WAR ON TERROR SPECIAL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Type 42 air-defence destroyer HMS Liverpool (D92) and Type 23 multi-role frigate HMS Marlborough (F233) are Ark's NTG 03 escort ships and the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) supply vessels Fort Victoria (A387) and Orangeleaf (A110) are providing logistical support.
		The Halifax Class frigate HMCS Montréal is the new flagship of the Canadian Naval Task Group (NTG), which is operating in and around the Arabian Sea as part of counter-terrorist operations.
		In the meantime a sign of the broadening coalition in the War on Terrorism has been the despatch of the Japanese AEGIS-equipped air-defence destroyer JDS Kirishima (DD174) to the Indian Ocean, where she is due to take over from JDS Hiei (DD142) as flagship of a Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF) task group.
	www.warshipsifr.com /pages/terrorism_special9.html (1702 words)

	Navy League of the United States - Citizens in Support of the Sea Services
		The missile--launched from the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem--was the first of four scheduled for launch from ships and submarines during the missile's operational test phase.
		The two contracts, totaling $129 million, mark a major step forward in the development and delivery of the new class of cutters, which are intended to replace the Coast Guard's current fleet of high-endurance cutters.
		The SPY-1F is planned for installation on five Fridtjof Nansen-class frigates being built by IZAR (of Ferrol, Spain) and Lockheed Martin for the Royal Norwegian Navy.
	www.navyleague.org /sea_power/may_03_43.php (2173 words)

	Aircraft Carriers of the World [Free Republic]
		The French indigenous Clemenceau Class Carrier and a George Leygues class destroyer.
		You're right, the Type 23 is classed as a frigate, but in terms of it's displacement (it's only fifty tons lighter than the Type 42 Batch 2's) and its weapons loadout (8 Harpoon, 1 Sea Wolf VLS (32 missiles), 1 114mm/55, 2 30 mm, 4 torpedo tubes)...
		The Reagan is the ninth member of the class and the shipyard's 29th flat-top.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3a147b3a2baa.htm (3808 words)

	The Japan Times Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The generic MSDF term for the vessels of its potent surface fleet is "escorts," which in other navies would translate as destroyers.
		The pride of the fleet is currently the potent Kongo-class of guided-missile destroyers, the first of which was commissioned in 1993.
		Destroyer DD (31), oldest are 11 Hatsuyuki-class (commissioned 1982-87), construction of latest Takanami-class ongoing; Destroyer, Helicopter DDH (4), two Haruna-class (1973-74), two Shirane-class (1980-81); Guided Missile Destroyer DDG (9), includes four Kongo-class "Aegis" vessels;
	www.japantimes.co.jp /cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fl20040620x1.htm (1981 words)

	Haze Gray & Underway Mystery Pictures 40 through 49 - Answers
		For her training role she had a mixed steam and diesel machinery plant, and a wide variety of guns, torpedo tubes and rocket launchers.
		She shared some design features with the contemporary Hamburg class destroyers, and in general resembled an enlarged version of those vessels.
		The design of these ship is based upon the US Arleigh Burke class destroyers, but there are a number of significant differences.
	www.hazegray.org /mysteries/oldmyst/ansgrp04.htm (1594 words)

	Jim Saxton (NJ03) - Press Release - Pentagon OK's Major Lockheed Martin Export Sale; South Korea, Japan Buy Aegis Ships
		In July Lockheed Martin was selected by South Korea to supply the Aegis system for the next generation of Korean destroyers.
		The three 7,000-ton KDX-III destroyers being designed by South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries are expected to be in service by 2012.
		The Aegis combat system is used by the U.S. Navy on its Ticonderoga-class cruisers and Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, and by the Japanese navy on its Kongo-class destroyers.
	www.house.gov /saxton/press2002/021223LMkoreaJpn.html (359 words)

	Jim Saxton (NJ03) - Press Release - Navy Awards Aegis Contract for U.S. & Japan; More Aegis work to come to Lockheed ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Production of the Aegis Weapon System, which provides critical defensive radar capabilities to destroyers, cruisers and frigates worldwise, will be installed on four Aegis-equipped ships: one Kongo-class destroyer for Japan, and three Arleigh Burke-class destroyers for the U.S. Navy.
		"Aegis destroyers will continue to be the shields of the U.S. fleet, as well as some key allies, into the foreseeable future.
		Aegis is currently deployed on 67 U.S. Navy cruisers and destroyers on station around the globe, and at least 22 more ships are currently planned.
	www.house.gov /apps/list/press/nj03_saxton/pr040203LM259Mcontrct.html (346 words)

	NTI: Global Security Newswire - Thursday, May 2, 2002
		U.S. negotiators are standing their ground against Russian pressure to irreversibly destroy nuclear warheads in a U.S.-Russian arms reduction agreement, a senior U.S. Defense Department official said yesterday (see GSN, May 1).
		U.S. experts plan to destroy the former biological weapons complex and kill any remaining live anthrax, which the Soviet Union buried on the island in 1988 (Associated Press/Yahoo.com, May 1).
		Japan is expected to begin construction of a sixth Kongo-class destroyer in the near future, and Japan and the U.S. Navy have begun talks about purchasing a sixth Aegis system (Marc Strass, Defense Daily, May 1).
	www.nti.org /d_newswire/issues/newswires/2002_5_2.html (5254 words)

	Type 052C DDG (170,171) (World Army Pictures)
		Following the launch of two Type 052B missile destroyers in 2002, Jiangnan Shipyard continued to build another two new guided missile destroyers for the PLA Navy.
		The two Type 052C destroyers are based on the same hull design as the two Type 052B destroyers which were launched earlier in the same shipyard, but are fitted with different weapon systems and sensors for different missions.
		Compared to the Type 052B, the forward superstructure of the Type 052C is much taller, embedded with four fixed phased array radar antennas on the four sides.
	s3.invisionfree.com /PLA_MILITARY_PICTURE/ar/t58.htm (509 words)

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