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    • DDG 178 JS Ashigara

    JP Japanese Navy




    2008 to present    



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    Shipyard: Mitsubishi Nagasaki


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    History of JP DDG 178 JS Ashigara

    2004-apr-6Laid down
    2006-aug-30Launched
    2008-mar-13Commissioned
    2015-sep-05NEWS USMCAS Camp Pendleton Dawn Blitz 2015 at Camp Pendleton
    2021-may-11DeploymentARC21 Participated in multi national Exercise Jeanne D’Arc 21, with RAN, Marine Nationale and US Navy units in the East China Sea.

    Specifications

    		    

        from 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
    JP JMSDF Mitsubishi SH-60K Seahawk 12


    The Max option implies only aircraft of this model onboard    

    Builder

    		    

    JP Mitsubishi Nagasaki,



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