JS Ashigara
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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).
This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (March 2008) |
For other ships with the same name, see Japanese ship Ashigara.
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JS Ashigara in May 2010 | |
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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 |
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Status | Active |
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(V) |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 x SH-60K helicopter |
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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.