JS Asahi

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DD119 Asahi.jpg
JS Asahi underway on 4 December 2017.
History
Japan
Name
  • Asahi
  • (あさひ)
NamesakeAsahi
OwnerJapan Maritime Self-Defense Force
BuilderMitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki
Laid down4 August 2015
Launched19 October 2016
Commissioned7 March 2018
IdentificationPennant number: DD-119
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and typeAsahi-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 5,100 tonnes standard
  • 6,800 tonnes full load
Length151 m (495 ft 5 in)
Beam18.3 m (60 ft 0 in)
Draft5.4 m (17 ft 9 in)
Depth10.9 m (35 ft 9 in)
PropulsionCOGLAG, two shafts, two GE LM2500 turbines
Speed30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement230
Sensors and
processing systems
  • OYQ-13 ACDS
  • FCS-3A AAW system
  • OPY-1 AAW system
  • OQQ-24 ASW system
  • OQR-4 Towed sonar array system
  • NOLQ-3D-2 EW system
  • OPS-48 surface search radar
Armament
Aircraft carried1 × SH-60K helicopter

JS Asahi (DD-119) is the lead ship of the Asahi-class destroyer of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. Her namesake came from “Morning sun”.

Development[]

The procurement of the destroyer began in 2013 in response to the reduction in the number of destroyers (namely the Hatsuyuki class) within the JMSDF. The two major characteristics of this destroyer is its bigger emphasis on anti-submarine warfare and the adoption of the (combined gas turbine electric and gas turbine) propulsion system. A second destroyer was procured a year later.[1][2]

Construction and career[]

She was laid down on 4 August 2015 and launched on 19 October 2016. Commissioned on 7 March 2018 with the hull number DD-119.[3]

Gallery[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Defense Programs and Budget of Japan Overview of FY2013 Budget" (PDF). Japan Ministry of Defense. January 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Defense Programs and Budget of Japan Overview of FY2014 Budget" (PDF). Japan Ministry of Defense. December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  3. ^ Gady, Franz-Stefan. "Japan Commissions New Anti-Submarine Warfare Destroyer". thediplomat.com. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
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