JS Asahi
Appearance
JS Asahi underway on 4 December 2017.
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History | |
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Japan | |
Name |
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Namesake | Asahi |
Owner | Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force |
Builder | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki |
Laid down | 4 August 2015 |
Launched | 19 October 2016 |
Commissioned | 7 March 2018 |
Identification | Pennant number: DD-119 |
Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Asahi-class destroyer |
Displacement |
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Length | 151 m (495 ft 5 in) |
Beam | 18.3 m (60 ft 0 in) |
Draft | 5.4 m (17 ft 9 in) |
Depth | 10.9 m (35 ft 9 in) |
Propulsion | COGLAG, two shafts, two GE LM2500 turbines |
Speed | 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
Complement | 230 |
Sensors and processing systems | |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × SH-60K helicopter |
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 Template:Sclass-) 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.[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
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JS Asahi at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries shipyard, Nagasaki on 25 November 2017.
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JS Asahi underway 29 August 2019.
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Gady, Franz-Stefan. "Japan Commissions New Anti-Submarine Warfare Destroyer". thediplomat.com. Retrieved 2020-10-02.