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

JS 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[edit]

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.^[1]^[2]

Construction and career[edit]

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]

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. ^[4]

Gallery[edit]

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[edit]

^ "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.
^ "Chinese Carrier Strike Group Now Operating in East China Sea". 23 May 2022.

[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.

[4] "Chinese Carrier Strike Group Now Operating in East China Sea". 23 May 2022.

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