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JS Yamagiri | |
| History | |
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| Builder | Mitsui Shipbuilding, Tamano |
| Laid down | March 3, 1986 |
| Launched | October 10, 1987 |
| Commissioned | January 25, 1989 |
| Identification | MMSI number: 431999542 |
| Status | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Asagiri-class destroyer |
| Length | 137 m (449 ft 6 in) |
| Beam | 14.6 m (47 ft 11 in) |
| Draft | 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in) |
| Propulsion | 4 gas turbines 54,000 shp (40,000 kW) |
| Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Range | 8,030 nmi (14,870 km; 9,240 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement | 220 |
| Sensors & processing systems | |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 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. She had previously commanded a training destroyer. As of 2016, the vessel had around ten female crew members with designated accommodation and toilets for them. Otani was captain from February 2016 to February 2017.
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