Asahi-class Destroyer

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The JS Shiranui (DD-120) at sea on November 7th, 2019.

The Asahi-class destroyers of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force is a class of general purpose destroyers that are optimized for undersea warfare. The class was initially designated "25DD", referring to a date on the Japanese calendar, specifically the 25th fiscal year of the Heisei period (2013).

The lead ship, Asahi, is the third ship to hold the name after the Cannon-class destroyer escort lent from the United States Navy in 1955, and the Imperial Japanese Navy pre-dreadnought battleship. The second ship of the class, Shiranui, is the third ship to hold the name after the Murakumo and Kagerō-class destroyers.

Specifications[edit | edit source]

  • Type: Destroyer
  • Service Period: 2018-
  • Characteristics:
    • Length: 495 feet 5 inches (151 meters)
    • Beam: 60 feet 1 inch (18.31 meters)
    • Draft: 17 feet 9 inches (5.41 meters)
    • Depth: 35 feet 9 inches (10.9 meters)
    • Displacement: 5,100 tons (Standard); 6,800 tons (Full Load)
  • Crew: 230
  • Installed Power:
    • 2 x IM400 gas turbine generators (2.8 MW)
    • 2 x S12U diesel generators (1.8 MW)
  • Propulsion: 2 x GE/IHI LM2500IEC gas turbines, 2 x shafts, 62,500 shp
  • Range:
  • Speed: 30 knots (55.56 km/h)
  • Sensor Suite:
    • OPY-1 Air Search Radar
    • OPS-48 Surface Search Radar
    • QQQ-24 Hull Sonar
    • OQR-4 Towed Array Sonar
  • Countermeasures:
    • NOLQ-3D-2 Electronic Warfare System
    • Mk.36 mod 12 SBROC decoy launchers
  • Armament:
    • 1 x 5"/62-caliber Mk.45 Mod 4 lightweight naval gun
    • 1 x 32-cell Mk.41 VLS (fires RUM-139 VL-ASROC and RIM-162 ESSM)
    • 2 x Type 90 SSM Launchers (fires (SSM-1B Anti-Ship Missiles)
    • 2 x 20mm Phalanx CIWS
    • 2 x 12.75" HOS-303 triple torpedo tubes (fires Type 68 Mod 3 torpedoes)
  • Aircraft Carried: 1 x Mitsubishi SH-60K Seahawk maritime helicopter

Unit Run[edit | edit source]

  • JS Asahi (DD-119)
  • JS Shiranui (DD-120)