JS Asahi

	JS Asahi underway on 4 December 2017.
History
Japan
Name	Asahi; (あさひ);
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	5,100 tonnes standard; 6,800 tonnes full load;
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	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 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

JS Asahi next to JS Ashigara at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries shipyard, Nagasaki on 2 January 2017.
JS Asahi at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries shipyard, Nagasaki on 25 November 2017.
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.

[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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Asahi Shiranui
Preceded by: Akizuki class
List of destroyers of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force