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	JS Hamagiri
History
Japan
Name	Hamagiri; (はまぎり);
Ordered	1985
Builder	Hitachi, Maizuru
Laid down	20 January 1987
Launched	4 June 1988
Commissioned	31 January 1990
Homeport	Ominato
Identification	MMSI number: 431999516; Pennant number: DD-155;
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 Hamagiri (DD-155) is an Asagiri-class destroyer 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 carry two Mk-141 Guided Missile Launching System (GMLS), which are anti-ship missile systems. The ship is also fitted to be used against submarines. They 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 also 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]

Construction and career

Hamagiri was laid down on 20 January 1987 and launched on 4 June 1988 by Hitachi Zosen Corporation, Maizuru. She was commissioned on 31 January 1990.^{[citation needed]}

The Hamagiri was deployed to Somalia alongside the Takanami to the Gulf of Aden on October 4, 2009 to take over anti-piracy operations from the Harusame and the Amagiri.^[2]

The vessel was dispatched to the Great East Japan Earthquake caused by the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tōhoku Earthquake on 11 March 2011.^{[citation needed]}

On 7 April 2013, as the 15th dispatched anti-piracy action surface corps, the destroyer sailed off the coast of Somalia with the escort ship JS Akebono, completed the mission, and returned to Ominato on 27 September 2013.^[3]^[4] On 26 and 28 October 2014, she participated in the Japan-Russia search and rescue joint training conducted in the port of Vladivostok, Russia and off the coast of Vladivostok.^[5]

From 20 to 25 November 2017, Hamagiri participated in the Japan-Russia search and rescue joint training conducted at Vladivostok Port and the surrounding waters with the Russian Navy destroyer Admiral Vinogradov.^[6]

Gallery

JS Hamagiri alongside USS Kitty Hawk and JS Ariake on 16 November 2002.
JS Hamagiri, USS Essex, JS Myōkō, JS Shimakaze and JS Natsushio at Okinawa on 28 February 2003.
JS Hamagiri at Pearl Harbor on 4 May 2004.
JS Hamagiri coming alongside USS Ronald Reagan on 17 March 2007.
JS Hamagiri coming alongside USS Ronald Reagan on 17 March 2007.
JS Hamagiri on 17 March 2007.
JS Hatsuyuki, JS Amagiri and Hamagiri at Yokosuka on 17 June 2007.
JS Hatsuyuki, JS Amagiri and Hamagiri at Yokosuka on 17 June 2007.
JS Hatsuyuki, JS Amagiri and Hamagiri at Yokosuka on 17 June 2007.
JS Hamagiri at Hakodate on 10 August 2007.
JS Hamagiri on 16 November 2007
JS Hamagiri on 17 November 2007.
JS Hamagiri underway on 6 December 2010.

References

Media related to JS Hamagiri (DD-155) at Wikimedia Commons

^ ^a ^b "Asagiri class Destroyer - DD". seaforces.org. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
^ "MSDF destroyers set sail on antipiracy tour | the Japan Times". 14 October 2009. Archived from the original on 2021-12-11.
^ "派遣海賊対処行動水上部隊の交代について" [Regarding replacement of deployed anti-piracy surface forces] (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese). Joint Staff Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
^ "アデン湾における派遣海賊対処行動に従事した艦艇の入港について" [Regarding the arrival of naval vessels engaged in anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden] (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese). Joint Staff Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
^ "日露捜索・救難共同訓練の実施について" [Japan-Russia joint search and rescue training] (PDF) (in Japanese). Maritime Staff Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 October 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
^ "海上自衛隊艦艇の訪露及び日露捜索・救難共同訓練等の実施について" [Visit to Russia by Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force vessels and implementation of Japan-Russia joint search and rescue training, etc.] (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese). Maritime Staff Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2024.