Japan New Anti-Submarine Asahi-class destroyer
Channel: Max Legion
Date: 2019-03-07

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The Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) commissioned its second Asahi-class guided missile destroyer, christened JS Shiranui (pennant number 120), during a ceremony held at in Nagasaki in southwestern Japan on February 27.

The commissioning ceremony was held at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) subsidiary Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works in Nagasaki City. The new warship, based on the Akizuki-class destroyer design, is expected to serve in the JMSDF’s Escort Division 7 of Escort Flotilla 3, based in Ominato Base in Mutsu, Aomori prefecture.

The lead ship of the class, the JS Asahi, was laid down in 2015 and commissioned in March 2018. The Shiranui was launched in October 2017 and began sea trials in July 2018. The per-unit cost for each Asahi-class destroyer is estimated at around $900 million. The Japanese Ministry of Defense (MoD) approved the acquisition of the destroyers in 2013.