Atago class - DDG - Guided-Missile Destroyer IMO: MMSI: Flight Deck: Call Sign: Shipyard: Mitsubishi Nagasaki Events ---Filter---Laid downLaunchedCommissionedDeployment History of JS Ashigara DDG 178 2004-apr-06Laid downLaid down 2006-aug-30LaunchedLaunched 2008-mar-13CommissionedCommissioned 2015-sep-05NEWSMCAS Camp Pendleton Dawn Blitz 2015 at Camp Pendleton 2021-may-11DeploymentDeployment ARC21 Participated in multi national Exercise Jeanne D’Arc 21, with RAN, Marine Nationale and US Navy units in the East China Sea. Add new event for this unitYear:Month: <- (1/12) Optional Day: <- (1/31) Optional Text: Add Event Specifications Atago class 300crew 10000full load (tn) 170length (m) 21beam (m) 6.20draught (m) 30max speed (knots) 100000power (shp) 4Naval Engine gas turbine - General Electric LM2500 1Missile Launcher Mk 41 VLS 8Missile Launcher SSM-1 Type 90 1Naval Gun Mark 45 5/62 inch (127mm)2Close-In Weapon System CIWS Phalanx 20 mm 2Torpedo Launchers Mk 32 triple-tube 324mm 1Naval Radar air search radar AN/SPY-1 AEGIS Aircraft Typical Max JMSDF Mitsubishi SH-60K Seahawk 12 Builder Mitsubishi Nagasaki,