ASAHI CLASS DESTROYER DD-119

The Asahi (DD-119) is a modern Japanese destroyer, the keel of which was laid in 2015, it was launched in October 2016, and it was commissioned in March 2018. The total length of the ship is 151 meters and 18.3 meters wide. Full displacement is about 6,800 tons, and the maximum speed is around 30 knots. The destroyer is armed with: a single 127 mm Mark 45 cannon, 8 single Type 90 anti-ship missile launchers, a single 32-rail VLS Mk. 41 or two 20mm Vulcan Phalanx Block 1B sets. The ship can also take on board a single SH-60 helicopter. The Asahi (DD-119) is the first of the two destroyers so far belonging to the class with the same name - ie Asahi. Design work on destroyers of this class started in 2013, and their main goal was, on the one hand, to supplement the Akizuki-class units in the JMSDF-class ships, and on the other - to complete replacement of the Hatsuyuki-class ships, the first representatives of which entered service in the early 1980s. Twentieth century. When designing Asahi-class destroyers, particular emphasis was placed on the ZOP (anti-submarine) capabilities, and efforts were made to provide them with the greatest possible modernization potential. It is worth noting that these are the first ones they destroyed in JMSDF, which use a COGLAG power plant, ie a power plant "composed" of gas turbines and an advanced electric drive. The Asahi (DD-119) has the same name as the Japanese battleship of the late 19th century and the Cold War destroyer.