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Class overview | |
Builders: | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
Operators: | Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force |
Preceded by: | Akizuki class |
Cost: |
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Built: | 2015–2019 |
In service: | 2018- |
In commission: | 2018– |
Building: | 1 |
Planned: | 2 |
Completed: | 1 |
Active: | 1 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Guided missile destroyer |
Displacement: |
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Length: | 151 m (495 ft 5 in) |
Beam: | 18.3 m (60 ft 0 in) |
Draft: | 5.4 m (17 ft 9 in) |
Depth: | 10.9 m (35 ft 9 in) |
Propulsion: | COGLAG, two shafts, two GE LM2500 turbines |
Speed: | 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
Complement: | 230 |
Sensors and processing systems: | |
Armament: |
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Aircraft carried: | 1 × SH-60K helicopter |
The Asahi-class destroyer is a destroyer class of the JMSDF - two ships are planned. The Asahi-class is optimized for undersea threats. This class used to be designated "25DD" - referring to a date on the Japanese calendar, specifically the 25th fiscal year of the Heisei period (2013). It is the third ship to hold the name after the Asahi-class destroyer escort lent from the US Navy in 1955, and the Imperial Japanese battleship. Shiranui is the third ship to hold the name after the Murakumo and Kagerō class destroyers.
Development[]
The procurement of the destroyer began in 2013 in response to the reduction in the number of destroyers (namely the Hatsuyuki-class) within the JMSDF. The two major characteristics of this destroyer is its bigger emphasis on anti-submarine warfare and the adoption of the COGLAG (combined gas turbine electric and gas turbine) propulsion system. A second destroyer was procured a year later.[2][3]
Design[]
The Asahi-class is based on the existing Akizuki-class destroyer to reduce acquisition cost and allow future development and growth. Unlike the Akizuki-class (which focuses on anti-aircraft warfare) the Asahi-class focuses on anti-submarine warfare.[4]
Features[]
The Asahi-class is the first Japanese warship to be equipped with a COGLAG propulsion system. This allows the destroyer to be more fuel efficient than previous warships. Another unique feature about this destroyer is the usage of a GaN-AESA (Gallium nitride - Active electronically scanned array) Multifunction Radar. According to Navy Recognition, to their knowledge the Asahi-class is the first Japanese and the world's second class of warship to be outfitted with this technology (the first being the German Baden-Württemberg-class frigate with their TRS-4D radar). The destroyer's radar is based on the FCS-3A radar used for the Akizuki-class but uses Gallium nitride to improve performance.[4] In radar technology, Gallium nitride offers a number of advantages over the traditionally used Gallium arsenide (GaA). These advantages include higher power density, efficiency, thermal spreading and frequency coverage. This in turn allows the GaN chip to be smaller than their GaA counterpart, thus reducing cost and increasing overall cost effectiveness.[5]
Ships in the class[]
Building no. | Pennant no. | Name/Namesake | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Shipyard |
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1613 | DD-119 | Asahi | 4 August 2015 | 19 October 2016 | 7 March 2018 | MHI, Nagasaki |
1614 | DD-120 | Shiranui | 20 May 2016 | 12 October 2017 | March 2019 | MHI, Nagasaki |
References[]
- ↑ Pike, John. "25DD Multipurpose Destroyer". https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/japan/25dd.htm. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
- ↑ "Defense Programs and Budget of Japan Overview of FY2013 Budget". January 2013. http://www.mod.go.jp/e/d_budget/pdf/250516.pdf.
- ↑ "Defense Programs and Budget of Japan Overview of FY2014 Budget". December 2013. http://www.mod.go.jp/e/d_budget/pdf/260130.pdf.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "First JMSDF 25DD-class Asahi ASW Destroyer Started Sea Trials". 27 July 2017. http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2017/july-2017-navy-naval-forces-defense-industry-technology-maritime-security-global-news/5433-first-jmsdf-25dd-class-asahi-asw-destroyer-started-sea-trials.html.
- ↑ Colin S. Whelan, Nicholas J. Kolias, Steven Brierley, Chris MacDonald, Steven Bernstein (23-26 April 2012). "GaN Technology for Radars". http://csmantech.pairserver.com/newsite/gaasmantech/Digests/2012/papers/3.2.011.pdf.
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