Kongō-Class AEGIS Guided Missile Destroyer (DDG)

**Kong Class Destroyer** is a vessel of the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force.

## Description

Built in 1990 on Earth, it the first ship outside of America, that imitates the Arleigh Burke-Class Guided Missile Destroyer. Before being moved to the New World, JMSDF often used this ship in various naval operations to face North Korean ballistic missiles.

In the New World, the Kongo-Class missile destroyer is able to outmatch virtually any naval or air forces in the Third Civilization, Mu, and Holy Milishial Empire. It can even go against the heavy battleships and aircraft carriers of the Gra Valkas Empire, due to its ability to launch long-range missile strikes. Observers from the Holy Milishial Empire commented that only 3 of these destroyers would be needed to defeat their entire naval fleet.

The Kongo Class Destroyers, as well as the Atago-Class destroyers, are being upgraded to launch Tomahawk missiles.

## Specification

* **Type:** Guided Missile Destroyer
* **Displacement:**
	+ 7,500 tons (standard load)
	+ 9,500 tons (fully loaded)

* **Length:** 161 m (528 feet)
* **Beam:** 21 m (69 feet)
* **Draft:** 6.2 m (20 feet)
* **Propulsion:** 4 Ishikawajima Harima/General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, two shaft
* **Speed:** 30 knots (56 kph; 35 mph)
* **Range:** 4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
* **Armaments:**
	+ 1 × 127 mm (5 in)/54 caliber Oto-Breda Compact Gun
	+ 2 × missile canister up to 8 RGM-84 Harpoon SSM
	+ 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS
	+ 2 × Type 68 triple torpedo tubes (6 × Mk-46 or Type 73 torpedoes)
	+ 90-cell Mk-41 VLS: (29 at the bow / 61 cells at the stern aft) that is able to launch any mixture of SM-2MR Standard missiles, SM-3 anti-ballistic missiles, RUM-139 Vertical Launch ASROC (Anti-Submarine) or BGM-109 Tomahawk Missile (future upgrade)

**Aircraft carried:** 1 × SH-60K helicopter

## List of Vessels

### Active

* *Kongō* (DDG-173), Lead ship of the class.

* Kirishima*(DDG-174)*

* Myoko*(DDG-175)*

* *Chōkai(DDG-176)*

## Campaigns

### Rodenius War

During the Great Naval Battle of Rodenius, the Kongo-class missile destroyer *Myoukou,* engaged the 4,400 ships of the Lourian Navy. Although its speed and size amazed the Lourian admiral and sailors, it was immediately dismissed as not a threat as it did not counter the fire-arrow broadside launched by the lead ships. Then the Lourians were shocked as the *Myoukou* fired its main gun from beyond 2 kilometers and sunk one of the Lourian ships with a single shot.

Mistakenly believing that the gun cannot fire repeatedly, Vice-Admiral Sharkun ordered the Lourian Wyvern base to launch all of its 350 wyvern riders to mount a coordinated air and sea assault on the *Myoukou.* The destroyer immediately detected the incoming airborne threat and countered with anti-aircraft missiles, cannon fire and its Phalanx CIWS guns, shooting down all the wyverns.

Immediately after dealing with the air threat, the *Myoukou* began to systematically sink more Lourian ships, astounding the sailors with its accurate cannon fire. The lone destroyer would be joined by 7 other Japanese ships, thereby adding to the failing morale of the Lourian navy. After a loss of over 1,400 ships, Sharkun would order a full retreat, before his ship was also sunk and he was taken as a POW.

The *Myoukou's* only reported damage during this encounter is some chipped paint on its hull from the initial fire-arrow barrage.

### Fenn Kingdom Conflict

Preceding the conflict, the *Myokou* was responsible for driving off Parpaldia's Oversight Army during the Battle of Fenn Offshore. Using its advanced fire control, the destroyer accurate disabled half of the Parpaldian ships by destroying their masts without killing a single sailor. The move was considered controversial and the ship's captain was removed from his position.

During the Battle of Fenn Kingdom, two Kongo-class destroyers, the *Chokai* and *Kirishima* by part of the 16 ship fleet that engaged and sunk 183 gunboats from Parpaldia's invasion fleet.

### Japan-Parpaldian War

The *Kirishima* participated in the Battle of Altaras Kingdom by sinking over 20 Parpaldia ships and shooting down several wyverns on its own.

Near the end of the war, both the *Chokai* and *Kirishima* were part of the battle fleet Japan deployed during the Great Naval Battle of Esthirant, which saw over 500 Parpaldia ships sunk, 240 wyverns shot down, and Esthirant's naval HQ bombarded by naval gunfire and missile strikes, as well as attacks from the AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopters and AH-1S Cobra Attack Helicopters onboard the Izumo-class Destroyer *Izumo* and Hyūga-class Destroyer *Ise*.

## Trivia

* Though mimicking the Arleigh Burke Destroyer which can launch the Tomahawk Missile, the Kongō Class was initially not designed to launch and is in the process of upgrade to launch Tomahawk Missiles.

* Her namesake comes from the late Kongō-Class Battlecruiser, which Imperial Japan deployed during World War 2.

## Gallery

JS Myoko during in the Great Naval Battle of Rodenius.JMSDF Kongo-class destroyer blew the ship-to-air missiles up.Fleet offensives and assaults the JMSDF Kongo-class destroyer.JMSDF escort fleet arrive to face the Lourian ships in the Great Naval Battle of Rodenius.