JS Ashigara
| File:JS Ashigara at Nagasaki, -May 2010 a.jpg JS Ashigara in May 2010 | |
| History | |
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| File:Naval Ensign of Japan.svgJapan | |
| Name |
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| Namesake | Mount Ashigara |
| Ordered | 2003 |
| Builder | Mitsubishi, Nagasaki |
| Laid down | 6 April 2005 |
| Launched | 30 August 2006 |
| Commissioned | 13 March 2008 |
| Homeport | Sasebo |
| Identification |
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| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Atago-class destroyer |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 560 ft (170 m) |
| Beam | 68.9 ft (21.0 m) |
| Draft | 20.3 ft (6.2 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 300 |
| Sensors & processing systems | AN/SPY-1D(V) |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 x SH-60K helicopter |
JS Ashigara (DDG-178) is an Atago-class guided missile destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). Ashigara was named for Mount Ashigara, and is the first Japanese ship to bear the prefix JS (Japanese Ship) instead of JDS (Japanese Defense Ship).
She was laid down by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Nagasaki, Nagasaki on April 6, 2005, launched on August 30, 2006; and was commissioned on 13 March 2008.
Service
[edit | edit source]This ship was one of several in the JMSDF fleet participating in disaster relief after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.[1]
In late April 2017, the Ashigara along with the JS Samidare joined the US Navy's Carrier Strike Group 1 as the Strike Group moved into position off the Korean peninsula in response to escalating tensions between North Korea and the United States over the DPRK's nuclear weapons program.[2]
Ashigara and the JS Ise participated in the RIMPAC exercises in the waters around Hawaii on August 17-30, 2020.[3]
Gallery
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JS Ashigara on 3 June 2007
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JS Ashigara and JS Asahi on 2 January 2017
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JS Ashigara on 21 July 2017
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JS Ashigara on 25 November 2017
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JS Ashigara on 18 August 2020
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Notes
[edit | edit source]- ^ Seawaves,"Warships Supporting Earthquake in Japan" Archived 2011-03-23 at the Wayback Machine
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
- http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/japan/7700ton.htm
