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Destroyer JS Asahi (DD-119)

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Classification

Ship class:
Asahi-class destroyer
Type:
Destroyer

Basic information

Namesake:
Morning Sun
Operator:
Japan Maritime Self-Defense ForceJapan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Country of build:
Builder:
Mitsubishi Heavy IndustriesMitsubishi Heavy Industries
Laid down:
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Status:
Active

Ship measurements

Displacement:
5,100 t
Length:
151 m
Beam:
18.3 m
Draft:
5.4 m

Machine

Propulsion system:
COGLAG
Propulsion:
  • 2 * GE LM2500 turbines
  • 2 shafts
Speed:
30 knots

Personnel

Complement:
230

Combat assets

Electronics:
  • 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:
  • 1 * Mk. 45 Mod 4 127 mm (5 in)/62 gun
  • 8 * Type 90 Anti-ship missile in quad canisters
  • 2 * 20 mm Phalanx Block1B CIWS
  • 2 * HOS-303 triple 324 mm (12.8 in) torpedo tubes
  • Anti-torpedo System
  • 32-cell Mk. 41 Vertical launching system
  • RIM-162 ESSM SAM
  • RUM-139 VL-ASROC
  • Type 07 VL-ASROC
Aircraft:
  • 1 * SH-60K helicopter

JS Asahi (DD-119) is the lead ship of the Asahi-class destroyer of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force.

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 COGLAG (combined gas turbine electric and gas turbine) propulsion system. A second destroyer was procured a year later.

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.

On 21 May 2022, the Asahi, the JS Makinami (DD-112), and the replenishment oiler, JS Hamana (AOE-424) sighted the PLAN Liaoning carrier strike group going towards Miyako-jima.

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