JS Setogiri (DD-156) is an Asagiri-class destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

JS Setogiri at Maizuru on 2023
History
Japan
Name
  • Setogiri
  • (せとぎり)
Ordered1985
BuilderHitachi, Maizuru
Laid down9 March 1987
Launched12 September 1988
Commissioned14 February 1990
HomeportMaizuru
Identification
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and typeAsagiri-class destroyer
Length137 m (449 ft 6 in)
Beam14.6 m (47 ft 11 in)
Draft4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
Propulsion4 gas turbines 54,000 shp (40,000 kW)
Speed30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range8,030 nmi (14,870 km; 9,240 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement220
Sensors and
processing systems
  • OYQ-6/7 CDS (w/ Link-11)
  • OPS-14/24 air search radar
  • OPS-28 surface search radar
  • OQS-4A hull sonar
  • OQR-1 TACTASS
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Armament
Aircraft carried1 SH-60J(K) anti-submarine helicopter

Development and design

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The Asagiri class is equipped for combat and interception missions, and is primarily armed with anti-ship weapons. They carry two of the Mk-141 Guided Missile Launching System (GMLS), which are anti-ship missile systems. The ships are also fitted to be used against submarines. They also carry Mk-32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes (SVTT), which can be used as an anti-submarine weapon. The ships have two of these systems abeam to starboard and to port. They are also fitted with an Oto-Melara 62-caliber gun to be used against sea and air targets.[1]

They are 137 m (449 ft 6 in) long. The ship has a range of 8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) with a top speed of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph). The ship can have up to 220 personnel on board. The ship is also fitted to accommodate for one aircraft. The ship's flight deck can be used to service a SH-60J9(K) Seahawk helicopter.[1]

Construction and career

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Setogiri;; was laid down on 9 March 1987 and launched on 12 September 1988 by Hitachi Zosen Corporation, Maizuru. She was commissioned on 14 February 1990.

The destroyer was dispatched to the Great East Japan Earthquake caused by the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tōhoku Earthquake on 11 March 2011.

On 26 July 2013, she set sail off the coast of Somalia with the escort ship JS Ariake as the 16th dispatched anti-piracy action surface corps. She was engaged in missions until December of the same year and returned to Ōminato on 17 January 2014.[2]

From 19 March to 27 April 2016, the ship participated in the open sea practice voyage (flying) with the escort ship Ariake and the training submarine JS Oyashio on 12 April. At the same time, it is the first Maritime Self-Defense Force ship to call at Cam Ranh Bay, a strategic point in central and southern Vietnam.[3][4]

At around 10:50 pm on 26 August 2017, the SH-60J patrol helicopter on board the ship lost communication during night training. Of the four crew members, one male crew member was rescued after the accident, but the remaining three, including the captain, were missing. As a result of the search, an upside-down aircraft was found on the seabed at a depth of 2,600 m (8,500 ft) and as a result of unloading the aircraft and checking the inside on 27 October, two missing persons were found. The search was completed without finding the remaining crew member.[5][6][7] On 3 December 2017, Setogiri departed from Ōminato for the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia as the 29th dispatched anti-piracy action surface unit and engaged in missions until April 2018. On 13–14 May while returning to Japan, she conducted joint training with the Indian Navy destroyer INS Ranjit and returned to Ōminato on 3 June.[8][9][10]

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References

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  Media related to JS Setogiri (DD-156) at Wikimedia Commons

  1. ^ a b "Asagiri class Destroyer - DD". seaforces.org. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  2. ^ https://www.mod.go.jp/js/Press/press2013/press_pdf/p20130712_02.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  3. ^ INC, SANKEI DIGITAL. "【緊迫・南シナ海】海自護衛艦が越の要衝カムラン湾に初寄港 人工島軍事拠点化進める中国を牽制". 産経ニュース (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2019-07-21. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  4. ^ https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/info/news/201603/20160315-01.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  5. ^ https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/info/news/201710/20171027-02.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  6. ^ https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/info/news/201710/20171027-01.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  7. ^ "海底2600m、墜落海自ヘリ発見…遺体も確認 : 社会 : 読売新聞(YOMIURI ONLINE)". archive.is. 2017-10-24. Archived from the original on 2017-10-24. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  8. ^ https://www.mod.go.jp/js/Press/press2018/press_pdf/p20180518_01.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  9. ^ https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/201805/20180515-01.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  10. ^ https://www.mod.go.jp/js/Press/press2017/press_pdf/p20171117_01.pdf [bare URL PDF]