JS Ashigara (DDG-178)

JS Ashigara (DDG-178)

JS "Ashigara" (DDG-178) is a Atago class guided missile destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). "Ashigara" was named for Mount Ashigara, and is the first Japanese ship to bear the prefix "JS" (Japanese Ship) instead of "JDS" (Japanese Defense Ship).

She was laid down by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Nagasaki, Nagasaki on April 6, 2005, launched on August 30, 2006; and was commissioned on 13 March 2008.

ee also

*Japanese cruiser Ashigara

External links

*http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/japan/7700ton.htm


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