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JS Yamagiri
History
Japan
Name
  • Yamagiri
  • (やまぎり)
BuilderMitsui Shipbuilding, Tamano
Laid downMarch 3, 1986
LaunchedOctober 10, 1987
CommissionedJanuary 25, 1989
IdentificationMMSI number: 431999542
Statusin active service
General characteristics
Class and typeAsagiri-class destroyer
Length137 m (449 ft 6 in)
Beam14.6 m (47 ft 11 in)
Draft4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
Propulsion4 gas turbines 54,000 shp (40,000 kW)
Speed30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range8,030 nmi (14,870 km; 9,240 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement220
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
Armament
Aircraft carried1 SH-60J(K) anti-submarine helicopter

JS Yamagiri (DD-152) is an Asagiri-class destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. (JMSDF)

It is the first major combat vessel in the JMSDF to have a female captain. On February 29, 2016 Miho Otani became the first woman to command a destroyer in active duty the service. She had previously commanded a training destroyer. As of 2016 the vessel had around 10 female crew members with designated accommodation and toilets for them. Otani was captain from February 2016 to February 2017.

References

  1. ^ "Asagiri class Destroyer - DD". seaforces.org. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  2. JMSDF Appointed the First Female Officer to Command a Destroyer March 2, 2016 Naval Recognition Retrieved February 22, 2017
  3. Japan appoints first female officers to command two SDF ships March 25, 2013 Japan Daily Press Retrieved February 22, 2017
  4. MSDF commander first female to skipper destroyer March 1, 2016 Japan Times Retrieved February 22, 2017
  5. Demetriou, Danielle Meet Japan's first female warship captain The Telegraph Retrieved February 22, 2017

External links

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