JS Hamagiri | |
History | |
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Japan | |
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Ordered | 1985 |
Builder | Hitachi, Maizuru |
Laid down | 20 January 1987 |
Launched | 4 June 1988 |
Commissioned | 31 January 1990 |
Homeport | Ominato |
Identification |
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Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Class and 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 and processing systems | |
Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 SH-60J(K) anti-submarine helicopter |
JS Hamagiri (DD-155) is an Asagiri-class destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
The Asagiri class is equipped for combat and interception missions, and is primarily armed with anti-ship weapons. They carry two Mk-141 Guided Missile Launching System (GMLS), which are anti-ship missile systems. The ship is also fitted to be used against submarines. They also carries the Mk-32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes (SVTT), which can be used as an anti-submarine weapon. The ship has two of these systems abeam to starboard and to port. They are also fitted with an Oto-Melara 62-caliber gun to be used against sea and air targets. [1]
They are 137 m (449 ft 6 in) long. The ship has a range of 8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) with a top speed of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph). The ship can have up to 220 personnel on board. The ship is also fitted to accommodate for one aircraft. The ship's flight deck can be used to service a SH-60J9(K) Seahawk helicopter. [1]
Hamagiri was laid down on 20 January 1987 and launched on 4 June 1988 by Hitachi Zosen Corporation, Maizuru. She was commissioned on 31 January 1990.[ citation needed ]
The Hamagiri was deployed to Somalia alongside the Takanami to the Gulf of Aden on October 4, 2009 to take over anti-piracy operations from the Harusame and the Amagiri. [2]
The vessel was dispatched to the Great East Japan Earthquake caused by the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tōhoku Earthquake on 11 March 2011.[ citation needed ]
On 7 April 2013, as the 15th dispatched anti-piracy action surface corps, the destroyer sailed off the coast of Somalia with the escort ship JS Akebono, completed the mission, and returned to Ominato on 27 September 2013. [3] [4] On 26 and 28 October 2014, she participated in the Japan-Russia search and rescue joint training conducted in the port of Vladivostok, Russia and off the coast of Vladivostok. [5]
From 20 to 25 November 2017, Hamagiri participated in the Japan-Russia search and rescue joint training conducted at Vladivostok Port and the surrounding waters with the Russian Navy destroyer Admiral Vinogradov. [6]
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