JS ''Yūgiri'' (DD-153) is an of the

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Development and design

The ''Asagiri'' class is equipped for combat and interception missions, and is primarily armed with anti-ship weapons. They carry two of the Mk-141 Guided Missile Launching System (GMLS), which are

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systems. The ship is also fitted to be used against

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s. 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

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and to

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. They are fitted with an Oto-Melara 76/62-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 one

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. The ship's

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can be used to service a SH-60J9(K) Seahawk

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Construction and career

''Yūgiri'' was

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on 25 February 1986 and launched on 19 September 1986 by

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, Uraga. She was commissioned on 17 March 1988. The destroyer participated in maritime training in the

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from 1 July to 4 August 1995. On 2 November, the same year,

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William J. Perry visited the ship. The ship participated in the

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from 19 May to 13 August 1996. On 4 June, the vessel was involved in an exercise with a

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towing a target during a shooting training with a

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(CIWS) over the western

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about west of

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. An incident occurred in which an A-6E carrier-based attack aircraft from was shot down by mistake (the pilots were rescued by an escape internal fireboat of ''Yūgiri''). Though a malfunction in the Phalanx CIWS was initially implicated as the cause of the incident,

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was later blamed. 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. On 31 August 2012, the 13th dispatched anti-

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action water squadron departed from Ōminato for the

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off the coast of

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with . On 23 January 2013, on her way home after completing her mission, she conducted goodwill training with the Maldives National Defense Force

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patrol boat '' Shaheed Ali'' in the

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, and returned to Ōminato on 11 February. On 7 March 2013, she was transferred to the 11th Escort Squadron under the direct control of the escort fleet due to reorganization, and the fixed port became Yokosuka again and transferred to the same area. After the transfer, undergo regular inspections and life extension work at Hakodate Dock. On 6 March 2016, as the 24th dispatched anti-piracy action water squadron, sailed from Yokosuka base to the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia with and returned to Yokosuka on 7 September. In addition, on 1 September on the way back to Japan, a goodwill training was conducted with the Philippine Navy's . In 2021, the ship participated in Exercise AMAN-21 in

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and later visited

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for joint naval exercises with the

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. JS ''Yūgiri'' participated in JIMEX 24 (Japan-India Maritime Exercise) exercise along with INS ''Shivalik'' of

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from 11 June 2024.

Gallery

File:JS Yūgiri (DD-153), Trafalgar 200th Anniversary, -June 2005 a.jpg, JS ''Yūgiri'' at

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on 26 June 2005. File:JS Yūgiri (DD-153) in the Pacific, -17 Mar. 2007 a.jpg, JS ''Yūgiri'' on 17 March 2007. File:JS Yūgiri in the Pacific, -17 Mar. 2007 a.jpg, JS ''Yūgiri'' alongside on 17 March 2007. File:JMSDF March 2016 (7).jpg, JS ''Yūgiri'' alongside JS ''Yūdachi'' in March 2016. File:JS Yugiri (DD-153) and JS Yudachi (DD-103) Destroyers at the Manila South Harbor.webm, JS ''Yūgiri'' alongside JS ''Yūdachi'' at

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on 31 July 2016. File:JS Yudachi and JS Yugiri - Front View.jpg, JS ''Yūgiri'' alongside JS ''Yūdachi'' on 31 August 2016.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yūgiri (DD-153) Asagiri-class destroyers Ships built by Sumitomo Heavy Industries 1987 ships