JS Asagiri at Subic Bay on 1 July 1990
History
Japan
Name	Asagiri (あさぎり)
Namesake	Asagiri (1929)
Ordered	29 March 1984
Builder	IHI Corporation, Tokyo
Laid down	13 February 1985
Launched	19 September 1986
Commissioned	17 March 1988
Reclassified	TV-3516
Homeport	Maizuru
Identification	MMSI number: 431999517 Callsign: JSPE Pennant number: DD-151
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	OYQ-6/7 CDS (w/ Link-11) OPS-14/24 air search radar OPS-28 surface search radar OQS-4A hull sonar OQR-1 TACTASS
Electronic warfare & decoys	NOLR-8 intercept OLT-3 jammer Mark 36 SRBOC
Armament	1 × Otobreda 76 mm gun 2 × missile canister up to 8 Harpoon SSM 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 1 × Mk.29 Sea Sparrow SAM octuple launcher 1 × Mk.16 ASROC anti-submarine rocket octuple launcher 2 × HOS-302A triple 324 mm (12.8 in) torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried	1 SH-60J(K) anti-submarine helicopter

JS Asagiri (DD-151) is an Asagiri-class destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, and is the oldest warship in commission in the JMSDF.

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 are 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]

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 JS Sazanami, 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 Omani patrol boat Al Seeb in the waters around the country and conducted goodwill training. Joint training with the Philippine Navy corvette BRP Emilio Jacinto was held from 24–26 September. On 4 October, she returned to Maizuru after completing her mission off the coast of Somalia.^[2]

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  JS Asagiri as a training ship on 31 July 2011.
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  JS Asagiri at Pearl Harbor on 10 October 2011.
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  JS Asagiri at Pearl Harbor on 10 October 2011.
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  JS Asagiri alongside JS Kashima on 26 October 2011.
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  JS Asagiri on 25 October 2014.
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  JS Asagiri with an Udaloy-class destroyer on 23 June 2018.

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