JS Hamagiri
{{short description|Asagiri-class destroyer}}
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = File:JS Hamagiri (DD-155) in the Sea.jpg | Ship caption = JS Hamagiri }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=Japan |Ship flag= {{shipboxflag|Japan|naval}} |Ship name=*Hamagiri
|Ship owner= |Ship namesake= |Ship ordered= 1985 |Ship builder= Hitachi, Maizuru |Ship laid down= 20 January 1987 |Ship launched= 4 June 1988 |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned= 31 January 1990 |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service= |Ship reclassified= |Ship out of service= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport= Ominato |Ship identification=*{{MMSI Number|431999516}}
|Ship honours= |Ship honors= |Ship fate= |Ship status=Active |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= {{sclass|Asagiri|destroyer}} |Ship displacement= |Ship length={{convert|137|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|14.6|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship draught= |Ship draft={{convert|4.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship propulsion=4 gas turbines {{cvt|54,000|shp|lk=in}} |Ship speed= {{convert|30|kn|lk=in}} |Ship range= {{convert|8030|nmi|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|14|kn}} |Ship complement=220 |Ship sensors=*OYQ-6/7 CDS (w/ Link-11)
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|Ship armament=*1 × Otobreda 76 mm gun
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JS Hamagiri (DD-155) is an {{sclass|Asagiri|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.{{cite web|title=Asagiri class Destroyer - DD|url=http://www.seaforces.org/marint/Japan-Maritime-Self-Defense-Force/Destroyer/Asagiri-class.htm|accessdate=11 December 2014|website=seaforces.org}}
They are {{convert|137|m|ftin|abbr=on}} long. The ship has a range of {{convert|8000|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|14|kn|lk=in}} with a top speed of {{convert|30|kn}}. 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.
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|date=December 2024}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/10/14/national/msdf-destroyers-set-sail-on-antipiracy-tour/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211134103/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/10/14/national/msdf-destroyers-set-sail-on-antipiracy-tour/|archive-date=2021-12-11|title=MSDF destroyers set sail on antipiracy tour | the Japan Times|date=14 October 2009 }}
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|date=December 2024}}
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 {{ship|JS|Akebono|DD-108|6}}, completed the mission, and returned to Ominato on 27 September 2013.{{cite press release |last= |first= |date= |title=派遣海賊対処行動水上部隊の交代について |trans-title=Regarding replacement of deployed anti-piracy surface forces |url=https://www.mod.go.jp/js/Press/press2013/press_pdf/p20130328-1.pdf |language=Japanese |location= |publisher= |agency=Joint Staff Office |access-date=2 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130814003636/https://www.mod.go.jp/js/Press/press2013/press_pdf/p20130328-1.pdf |archive-date=14 August 2013}}{{cite press release |last= |first= |date= |title=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 |trans-title=Regarding the arrival of naval vessels engaged in anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden |url=https://www.mod.go.jp/js/Press/press2013/press_pdf/p20130911.pdf |language=Japanese |location= |publisher= |agency=Joint Staff Office |access-date=2 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110131521/http://www.mod.go.jp/js/Press/press2013/press_pdf/p20130911.pdf |archive-date=10 November 2013}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/info/news/201410/14102101.pdf |title=日露捜索・救難共同訓練の実施について |last= |first= |date= |website= |publisher=Maritime Staff Office |access-date=3 December 2024 |quote= |language=Japanese |trans-title=Japan-Russia joint search and rescue training |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030225636/http://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/info/news/201410/14102101.pdf |archive-date=30 October 2014}}
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 {{ship|Russian destroyer|Admiral Vinogradov||2}}.{{cite press release |last= |first= |date= |title=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 |url=https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/info/news/201711/20171114-02.pdf |url-status=dead |location= |publisher=Maritime Staff Office |agency= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114145520/http://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/info/news/201711/20171114-02.pdf |archive-date=14 November 2017 |access-date=3 December 2024 |language=Japanese |trans-title=Visit to Russia by Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force vessels and implementation of Japan-Russia joint search and rescue training, etc.}}
Gallery
File:US Navy 021116-N-1810F-009 Two Japanese ships steam alongside Kitty Hawk (CV 63) during multinational exercises.jpg|JS Hamagiri alongside {{USS|Kitty Hawk|CV-63|6}} and {{ship|JS|Ariake|DD-109|6}} on 16 November 2002.
File:US Navy 030228-N-3612M-007 A busy day for the White Beach Port Facility in Okinawa, Japan.jpg|JS Hamagiri, {{USS|Essex|LHD-2|6}}, {{ship|JS|Myōkō}}, {{ship|JS|Shimakaze|DDG-172|6}} and {{ship|JS|Natsushio}} at Okinawa on 28 February 2003.
File:US Navy 040504-N-3019M-007 A Pearl Harbor line-handler watches as the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) destroyer JDS Hamagiri (DD 155) prepares to dock.jpg|JS Hamagiri at Pearl Harbor on 4 May 2004.
File:US Navy 070317-N-5961C-106 USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) connects to Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) destroyer Hamagiri (DD 155) during a fueling at sea (FAS) evolution.jpg|JS Hamagiri coming alongside {{USS|Ronald Reagan}} on 17 March 2007.
File:US Navy 070317-N-4009P-033 In the early morning hours, Aviation Boatswain's Mate Handling 3rd Class from Bolivar, Mo., takes a moment away from his cleaning duties to observe Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) shi.jpg|JS Hamagiri coming alongside USS Ronald Reagan on 17 March 2007.
File:JS Hamagiri in the Pacific, -17 Mar. 2007 a.jpg|JS Hamagiri on 17 March 2007.
File:JMSDF DD-122&DD-154&DD-155(4).JPG|{{ship|JS|Hatsuyuki}}, {{ship|JS|Amagiri}} and Hamagiri at Yokosuka on 17 June 2007.
File:JMSDF DD-122&DD-154&DD-155(3).JPG|JS Hatsuyuki, JS Amagiri and Hamagiri at Yokosuka on 17 June 2007.
File:JMSDF DD-122&DD-154&DD-155(2).JPG|JS Hatsuyuki, JS Amagiri and Hamagiri at Yokosuka on 17 June 2007.
File:Dd155.JPG|JS Hamagiri at Hakodate on 10 August 2007.
File:JS Hamagiri (DD-155) in the Pacific, -16 Nov. 2007 a.jpg|JS Hamagiri on 16 November 2007
File:JS Hamagiri in the Pacific, -17 Nov. 2007 a.jpg|JS Hamagiri on 17 November 2007.
File:US Navy 101206-N-2562W-002 A helicopter assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82) prepares to land aboard the Japan Maritime Sel.jpg|JS Hamagiri underway on 6 December 2010.
References
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