JS Ashigara
Appearance
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![]() Ashigara (DDG-178) in 2015
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Name | Ashigara (DDG-178) |
Namesake | Mount Ashigara |
Ordered | 2003 |
Builder | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki, Nagasaki |
Laid down | April 6, 2005 |
Launched | August 30, 2006 |
Commissioned | 13 March 2008 |
Status | In Service |
General characteristics | |
Class and 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) |
Range |
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Complement | 300 |
Sensors and processing systems | AN/SPY-1D |
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
This ship was one of several in the JMSDF fleet participating in disaster relief after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.[1]
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External links
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