Arleigh Burke vs Kongo

Arleigh Burke

American guided-missile destroyer, 9,900 tons displacement, entered service in 1991.
Origin 🇺🇸 United States
Category Destroyer
Type Guided-missile destroyer
Manufacturer Ingalls Shipbuilding
Year introduced 1991
Number built 78 units
Estimated unit price $2,200 million
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Kongo

Japanese guided-missile destroyer, introduced in 1993, utilizes four gas turbines for propulsion.
Origin 🇯🇵 Japan
Category Destroyer
Type Guided-missile destroyer
Manufacturer Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Year introduced 1993
Number built 4 units
Estimated unit price NA
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Arleigh Burke

Displacement 9,900 tons â—‰
Maximum speed 30.0 knots â—‰
Range 4,400 nm at 18 knots â—‰
Length 155.3 m â—‰
Beam 20.0 m
Crew 323 â—‰
Propulsion 4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines each generating 26,250 bhp (19,570 kW); coupled to two shafts, each driving a five-bladed reversible controllable-pitch propeller; Total output: 105,000 bhp (78,000 kW)
Armament
  • 1 × 127 mm/54 Mk 45 Mod 1/2 or 1 × 127 mm/62 Mk 45 Mod 4 lightweight gun
  • 1 or 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS
  • 1 × SeaRAM (on select ships)
  • 2 × 25 mm M242 Bushmaster equipped Mk 38 machine gun systems
  • 4 × 12.7 mm M2 Browning heavy machine guns
  • 2 × Mk 141 Harpoon anti-ship missile launchers (Flights I & II only)
  • 4 × Naval Strike Missile (DDG-62)
  • 90 or 96 cell Mk 41 vertical launching system (BGM-109 Tomahawk, RIM-161 SM-3, RIM-174 SM-6, RIM-156 SM-2ER Blk. IV, RIM-66 SM-2MR, RIM-162 ESSM, RUM-139 vertical launch ASROC)
  • 2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes (Mark 46, Mark 50, or Mark 54 lightweight torpedoes)
  • 1 × Optical Dazzling Interdictor, Navy (on select ships)
  • 1 × HELIOS laser (DDG-88)

Kongo

Displacement 9,500 tons â—‰
Maximum speed 30.0 knots â—‰
Range 4,500 nm at 20 knots â—‰
Length 161.0 m â—‰
Beam 21.0 m
Crew 300 â—‰
Propulsion 4 Ishikawajima Harima / General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines; two shafts, 100,000 shp (75,000 kW)
Armament
  • 1 × 127 mm (5 in)/54 Caliber Oto Melara Compact Gun
  • 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon Anti-ship Missile
  • 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS
  • 2 × HOS-302 triple torpedo tubes: Mark 46 or Type 73 torpedoes
  • 90-cell Mk 41 Vertical Launching System: SM-2MR, SM-3, RUM-139, RIM-162, Tomahawk

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