JS Asagiri

JS "Asagiri" (DD-151) is an of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Development and design.
The "Asagiri" class is equipped for combat and interception missions, and is primarily armed with anti-ship weapons. They carries two of the Mk-141 Guided Missile Launching System (GMLS), which are anti-ship missile systems. The ship is also fitted to be used against submarines. She 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 is also fitted with an Oto-Melara 62-caliber gun to be used against sea and air targets.
They are long. The ship has a range of at with a top speed of . 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.
Construction and career.
She was laid down on 13 February 1985 and launched on 19 September 1986 by IHI Corporation, Tokyo. She was commissioned on 17 March 1988.
On 16 February 2005, she was reclassified to a training ship, the ship hull number changed to TV-3516, and it was transferred to the training fleet 1st training corps.
In 2008 and 2011, she participated in the practicing voyage to the ocean with the training ship JS "Kashima".
On 14 March 2012, she was reclassified to an escort ship again, and the ship registration number was changed to DD-151 in the escort ship era. Reorganized into the 14th escort fleet of the escort fleet, the fixed port became Maizuru, and transferred to the same area.
In late August 2019, she took over the mission of , and on 1 September, on her way back to Japan, she stopped at Muscat, the capital of Oman in the Middle East, and conducted tactical movements and communication training with the in the waters around the country and conducted goodwill training. Joint training with the Philippine Navy corvette was held from 24–26 September. On 4 October, she returned to Maizuru after completing his mission off the coast of Somalia.