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JS Setogiri on 16 November 2007
History
Japan
Name
  • Setogiri
  • (せとぎり)
Ordered1985
BuilderHitachi, Maizuru
Laid down9 March 1987
Launched12 September 1988
Commissioned14 February 1990
HomeportMaizuru
Identification
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and typeTemplate:Sclass-
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 shaft horsepower
Speed30 knots (56 km/h)
Range8,030 nmi (14,870 km) at 14 kn (26 km/h)
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 Setogiri (DD-156) is an Asagiri-class destroyer of Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force.

Development and design

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 is 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 can travel at 8000 nautical miles at 14 knots with a top speed of 30 knots. 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 the SH-60J9(K) Seahawk, a helicopter.[2]

Construction and career

She was laid down on 9 March 1987 and launched on 12 September 1988 by Hitachi Zosen Corporation, Maizuru. She was commissioned on 14 February 1990.

Dispatched to the Great East Japan Earthquake caused by the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake on 11 March 2011.

On July 26, 2013, she set sail off the coast of Somalia with the escort ship JS Ariake as the 16th dispatched anti-piracy action surface corps. She was engaged in missions until December of the same year and returned to Ominato on January 17, 2014.[3]

From 19 March to 27 April 2016, participated in the open sea practice voyage (flying) with the escort ship JS Ariake and the practice submarine JS Oyashio on April 12th. At the same time, it is the first Maritime Self-Defense Force ship to call at Cam Ranh Bay, a strategic point in central and southern Vietnam.[4][5]

At around 10:50 pm on 26 August 2017, the SH-60J patrol helicopter on board the ship lost communication during night training. Of the four crew members, one male crew member was rescued after the accident, but the remaining three, including the captain, were missing. As a result of the search, an upside-down aircraft was found on the seabed at a depth of 2,600 meters and as a result of unloading the aircraft and checking the inside on October 27, two missing persons were found. The search was completed without finding the remaining one.[6][7][8] On December 3, 2017, she departed from Ominato for the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia as the 29th dispatched anti-piracy action surface unit and engaged in missions until April 2018. On May 13th and 14th on his way back to Japan, she conducted joint training with the Indian Navy destroyer INS Lanjit and returned to Ominato on 3 June.[9][10][11]

  • JS Setogiri at San Diego on 1 July 1991.
    JS Setogiri at San Diego on 1 July 1991.
  • JS Setogiri at Pearl Harbor on 26 June 2008.
    JS Setogiri at Pearl Harbor on 26 June 2008.
  • JS Setogiri during RIMPAC 2008.
    JS Setogiri during RIMPAC 2008.
  • JS Setogiri at Akita on 13 October 2008.
    JS Setogiri at Akita on 13 October 2008.
  • JS Setogiri on 24 September 2017.
    JS Setogiri on 24 September 2017.
  • JS Setogiri at Tokyo Bay on 29 September 2017.
    JS Setogiri at Tokyo Bay on 29 September 2017.
  • JS Setogiri on 23 February 2018.
    JS Setogiri on 23 February 2018.

References

  1. ^ "Asagiri class Destroyer - DD". seaforces.org. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Asagiri class Destroyer - DD". seaforces.org. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  3. ^ https://www.mod.go.jp/js/Press/press2013/press_pdf/p20130712_02.pdf
  4. ^ INC, SANKEI DIGITAL. "【緊迫・南シナ海】海自護衛艦が越の要衝カムラン湾に初寄港 人工島軍事拠点化進める中国を牽制". 産経ニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  5. ^ https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/info/news/201603/20160315-01.pdf
  6. ^ https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/info/news/201710/20171027-02.pdf
  7. ^ https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/info/news/201710/20171027-01.pdf
  8. ^ "海底２６００ｍ、墜落海自ヘリ発見…遺体も確認 : 社会 : 読売新聞（YOMIURI ONLINE）". archive.is. 2017-10-24. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  9. ^ https://www.mod.go.jp/js/Press/press2018/press_pdf/p20180518_01.pdf
  10. ^ https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/201805/20180515-01.pdf
  11. ^ https://www.mod.go.jp/js/Press/press2017/press_pdf/p20171117_01.pdf

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