JS Ashigara

	JS Ashigara in May 2010
History
Japan
Name	Ashigara ; (あしがら);
Namesake	Mount Ashigara
Ordered	2003
Builder	Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Laid down	6 April 2005
Launched	30 August 2006
Commissioned	13 March 2008
Home port	Sasebo
Identification	MMSI number: 431999689; Pennant number: DDG-178;
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class & type	Atago-class destroyer
Displacement	7,700 tons standard; 10,000+ tons full load;
Length	560 ft (170 m)
Beam	68.9 ft (21.0 m)
Draft	20.3 ft (6.2 m)
Propulsion	4 Ishikawajima Harima/General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines;; two shafts,; 100,000 shp (75,000 kW);
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range	4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	300
Sensors &; processing systems	AN/SPY-1D(V)
Armament	1 × 5 inch (127mm/L62) Mk-45 Mod 4 naval gun in a stealth-shaped mount. (Made by Japan Steel Works licensed from its original manufacturer).; 2 × missile canister up to 8 Type 90 (SSM-1B); 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS; 2 × Type 68 triple torpedo tubes (6 × Mk 46 or Type 73 torpedoes) ; 96-cell Mk 41 VLS:; (64 at the bow / 32 cells at the stern aft) for a mix of:; SM-2MR Standard Missile; SM-3 Anti-Ballistic Missile; RUM-139 Vertical Launch ASROC (Anti-Submarine); RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow;
Aircraft carried	1 x SH-60K helicopter

JS Ashigara (DDG-178) is an Atago-class guided missile destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). Ashigara was named for Mount Ashigara, and is the first Japanese ship to bear the prefix JS (Japanese Ship) instead of JDS (Japanese Defense Ship).

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She was laid down by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Nagasaki, Nagasaki on April 6, 2005, launched on August 30, 2006; and was commissioned on 13 March 2008.

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JS Ashigara in May 2010




Japan
Name	Ashigara (あしがら)
Namesake	Mount Ashigara
Ordered	2003
Builder	Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Laid down	6 April 2005
Launched	30 August 2006
Commissioned	13 March 2008
Home port	Sasebo
Identification	MMSI number: 431999689 Pennant number: DDG-178
Status	Active


General characteristics
Class & type	Atago-class destroyer
Displacement	7,700 tons standard 10,000+ tons full load
Length	560 ft (170 m)
Beam	68.9 ft (21.0 m)
Draft	20.3 ft (6.2 m)
Propulsion	4 Ishikawajima Harima/General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines; two shafts, 100,000 shp (75,000 kW)
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range	4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	300
Sensors & processing systems	AN/SPY-1D(V)
Armament	1 × 5 inch (127mm/L62) Mk-45 Mod 4 naval gun in a stealth-shaped mount. (Made by Japan Steel Works licensed from its original manufacturer). 2 × missile canister up to 8 Type 90 (SSM-1B) 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2 × Type 68 triple torpedo tubes (6 × Mk 46 or Type 73 torpedoes) 96-cell Mk 41 VLS: (64 at the bow / 32 cells at the stern aft) for a mix of: SM-2MR Standard Missile SM-3 Anti-Ballistic Missile RUM-139 Vertical Launch ASROC (Anti-Submarine) RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow
Aircraft carried	1 x SH-60K helicopter