JS Yamagiri

JS Yamagiri (DD-152) is an Asagiri-class destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).^[1]

JS Yamagiri
History
Japan
Name	Yamagiri (やまぎり)
Builder	Mitsui Shipbuilding, Tamano
Laid down	March 3, 1986[1]
Launched	October 10, 1987[1]
Commissioned	January 25, 1989[1]
Identification	MMSI number: 431999542
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Class & type	Asagiri-class destroyer
Length	137 m (449 ft 6 in)
Beam	14.6 m (47 ft 11 in)
Draft	4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	4 gas turbines 54,000 shp (40,000 kW)
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range	8,030 nmi (14,870 km; 9,240 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	220
Sensors & processing systems	OYQ-6/7 CDS (w/ Link-11) OPS-14/24 air search radar OPS-28 surface search radar OQS-4A hull sonar OQR-1 TACTASS
Electronic warfare & decoys	NOLR-8 intercept OLT-3 jammer Mark 36 SRBOC
Armament	1 × Otobreda 76 mm gun 2 × missile canister up to 8 Harpoon SSM 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 1 × Mk.29 Sea Sparrow SAM octuple launcher 1 × Mk.16 ASROC anti-submarine rocket octuple launcher 2 × HOS-302A triple 324 mm (12.8 in) torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried	1 SH-60J(K) anti-submarine helicopter

History

It is the first major combat vessel in the JMSDF to have a female captain. On February 29, 2016 Miho Otani became the first woman to command a destroyer in active duty.^[2] She had previously commanded a training destroyer.^[3] As of 2016, the vessel had around ten female crew members with designated accommodation and toilets for them.^[4][5] Otani was captain from February 2016 to February 2017.