U.S. guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold, and Japan’s Atago destroyer, also equipped with Aegis radar systems. The three countries would focus on mastering response procedures from detection to ...

In the Sibuyan Sea on Oct. 23, the Japanese First Strike Force lost heavy cruisers Atago and Maya to U.S ... a heavy cruiser and several destroyers. Adm. William Halsey, learning of four Japanese ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: In close-in defensive capability, the Type 055 possesses a slight edge over the Japanese Kongo and Atago-class destroyers, as the Japanese destroyers only use ...