JS Umigiri
{{short description|Asagiri-class destroyer}}
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = File:JS Umigiri (DD-158) at SDF Fleet Review 2006 a.jpg | Ship caption = JS Umigiri at Subic Bay on 29 October 2006 }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=Japan |Ship flag= {{shipboxflag|Japan|naval}} |Ship name=*Umigiri
|Ship owner= |Ship namesake= |Ship ordered= 1986 |Ship builder= IHI Corporation, Tokyo |Ship laid down= 31 October 1988 |Ship launched= 9 November 1989 |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned= 12 March 1991 |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service= |Ship reclassified= |Ship out of service= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport= Kure |Ship identification=*{{MMSI Number|431999538}}
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|Ship armament=*1 × Otobreda 76 mm gun
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JS Umigiri (DD-158) 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 of the Mk-141 Guided Missile Launching System (GMLS), which are anti-ship missile systems. The ships are also fitted to be used against submarines. They also carries Mk-32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes (SVTT), which can be used as an anti-submarine weapon. The ships have 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 ships have 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
Umigiri was laid down on 31 October 1988 and launched on 9 November 1989 by IHI Corporation of Tokyo. She was commissioned on 12 March 1991.
From 14 June to 1 September 1993, the destroyer participated in the US dispatch training with the escort vessels {{ship|JS|Shirane}}, {{ship|JS|Shimakaze|DDG-172|6}} and five P-3C aircraft.
In 1996, she participated in the Exercise RIMPAC 1996.
On 4 February 1997, after receiving information from the Yokohama Maritime Security Department of a ship that was distressed at sea about {{convert|60|km}} southeast of Inuho Sai, Umigiri with the escort vessels {{ship|JS|Amagiri}}, {{ship|JS|Murasame}}, {{ship|JS|Chitose}}, 21st Fleet Air Group (7 HSS-2B helicopters, 1 SH-60J helicopter), 4th Fleet Air Group P-3C anti-submarine patrol aircraft, 1 UH-60J helicopter) responded. A helicopter rescued 34 crew members who were believed to be Chinese by carrying out rescue activities (all rescued together with 9 rescued by the Maritime Security Agency helicopter). On 24 March, the same year, Umigiri was transferred to the 46th Escort Corps of the 1st Escort Corps Group. On the same day, the 46th escort corps was renamed to the 5th escort corps due to the revision of the corps number.
On 26 January 2002, two people were mildly ill due to gas poisoning caused by an arson attack in an officer's bedroom. Arson set fire in the officer's bedroom on 13 March and officer's toilet on 17 May. On 6 October, a former torpedo chief was arrested after being accused of arson of existing buildings.
On 13 March 2003, Umigiri was transferred to the 8th Escort Corps of the 4th Escort Corps, and the fixed port became Kure, and she was transferred to the same area. On 17 March 2014, as the 18th dispatched anti-piracy action surface corps, sailed from Kure base to the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia with the escort ship {{ship|JS|Inazuma|DD-105|6}}, Umagiri engaged in missions until August of the same year. She returned to Japan on 20 August.{{Cite web | url=https://www.mod.go.jp/js/Press/press2014/press_pdf/p20140905_01.pdf | 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 | language=ja | trans-title=Regarding the arrival of naval vessels engaged in anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004021157/https://www.mod.go.jp/js/Press/press2014/press_pdf/p20140905_01.pdf | archive-date=2018-10-04}}{{Cite web | url=https://www.mod.go.jp/js/Press/press2014/press_pdf/p20140303.pdf | 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 the deployed anti-piracy surface unit | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814212414/https://www.mod.go.jp/js/Press/press2014/press_pdf/p20140303.pdf | archive-date=2021-08-14 | language=ja}}
From 15 March to 28 May 2016, the destroyer participated in the Japan-Australia joint training conducted in the waters around Sydney with the escort ship {{ship|JS|Asayuki}} and the submarine {{ship|JS|Hakuryū|SS-503|6}}.{{Cite web | url=https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/info/news/201603/20160309-01.pdf | title=日豪共同訓練について | language=ja | trans-title=Japan-Australia joint training | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130172822/https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/info/news/201603/20160309-01.pdf | archive-date=2020-11-30}}
At noon on 24 May 2018, the North Korean-registered tanker SAM JONG 2 was released on the high seas of the East China Sea (about {{cvt|250|km|mi|disp=comma}} east of Shanghai). She came in contact with a tanker with an unknown ship registration labeled Myeongryu 1 and confirmed that she was performing what appears to be "ship-to-ship", which is prohibited by a UN Security Council resolution. SAM JONG 2 is a vessel designated by the United Nations Security Council North Korea Sanctions Committee as a target of asset freeze and port entry ban in March 2018.{{Cite web|title=北朝鮮船籍タンカー「SAM JONG 2号」と「MYONG RYU 1」による洋上での物資の積替えの疑い|url=https://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/fp/nsp/page4_004082.html|access-date=2020-11-23|website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan|language=ja}}
Gallery
File:JMSDF Escort Division 12.jpg|12th Escort Corps, JS Umigiri, {{JS|Abukuma}} and {{JS|Tone}} on 29 March 2018.
File:DD 158 - JDS Umigiri BB 2.jpg|JS Umigiri on 28 July 2008.
File:DD 158 - JDS Umigiri BB.jpg|JS Umigiri on 28 July 2008.
File:DD 158 - JDS Umigiri Hangar Deck BB.jpg|JS Umigiri on 28 July 2008.
References
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