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JS Myōkō (DDG-175) is a Kongō-class guided missile destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). Myōkō was named after Mount Myōkō.

• Operational history

• In popular culture

• Gallery

• References

• External links

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.cite-ref-dt-1-0[1]

On 2 December 2019, Captain Miho Otani became the first woman to take the command of an MSDF Aegis destroyer with the JS Myōkō. The ceremony took place in the port city of Maizuru.cite-ref-2[2]

• The ship is featured in the 2012 film Battleship, where she and the USS Sampson are destroyed and sunk in the first battle against a trio of alien ships in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Hawaii.

cite-note-dt-11. ↑ "Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense to Third Japanese Destroyer". DefenceTalk.com. 16 January 2008. Archived from the original on 17 January 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2008.

cite-note-22. ↑ "Woman takes charge of MSDF Aegis destroyer for 1st time：The Asahi Shimbun". www.asahi.com. Archived from the original on 2 December 2019.

• GlobalSecurity.org; JMSDF DDG Kongo Class

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