JS Asayuki
JS Asayuki on 20 October 2013
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Ordered | 1982 |
Builder | Sumitomo, Uraga |
Laid down | 22 December 1983 |
Launched | 16 October 1985 |
Commissioned | 20 February 1987 |
Decommissioned | 16 November 2020 |
Homeport | Sasebo |
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Status | Decommissioned |
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Class and type | Hatsuyuki-class destroyer |
Displacement |
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Length | 130 m (430 ft) |
Beam | 13.6 m (44 ft 7 in) |
Draft |
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Propulsion | |
Speed | 30 knots (35 mph; 56 km/h) |
Complement | 200 |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × SH-60J helicopter |
Aviation facilities | Hangar and helipad |
JS Asayuki (DD-132) was a Hatsuyuki-class destroyer of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force.[1][2]
Development and design
Adopting Japan's first all-gas turbine engine (
In addition, there are many changes to training ships, and up to three ships have been operated in the training fleet as Shimayuki-class training ships, but the decline has begun with the conversion of Hatakaze-class destroyers to training ships.
The core of the combat system is the
This is the first destroyer class in the JMSDF equipped with the
Construction and career
The vessel was
In 1990, she and
.From 21 March to 22 April 2014, the destroyer participated in the 2013 open sea practice voyage (flight) with the escort ship JS Shirane. From 15 March to 28 May 2016, Asayuki participated in the Japan-Australia joint training conducted in the waters around Sydney with the escort ship JS Umigiri and the submarine JS Hakuryū.[4] On 16 November 2020, Asayuki was removed from the naval register.[5] The final affiliation was the 13th escort fleet of the escort fleet, and the homeport was Sasebo.
Gallery
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JS Asayuki underway, date unknown.
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JS Asayuki and USS Ingersoll at Pearl Harbor on 1 February 1988.
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JS Asayuki at Pearl Harbor on 1 February 1988.
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JS Asayuki on 17 October 2007.
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JS Asayuki at Yokosuka on 28 July 2011.
References
- ^ Takao, Ishibashi (2002). All Maritime Self-Defense Force Ships 1952-2002. Namiki Shobo.
- ^ Ships of the World. Vol. 750. Gaijinsha. November 2011.
- ^ Kōda, Yōji (December 2015). History of Domestic Built Destroyers of JMSDF. Vol. 827. Gaijinsha.
- ^ "news" (PDF). www.mod.go.jp.
- ^ @jmsdf_srh (16 November 2020). "護衛艦「あさゆき」の #除籍 に伴い自衛艦旗返納行事が行われました。あさゆき艦長から佐世保地方総監に自衛艦旗が返納され、昭和、平成、令和に及ぶ、約33年間の任務を終えました。長きにわたる国防への貢献に敬意を表するとともに、…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.