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JDS Asagiri

The Japanese destroyer JDS Asagiri departing Portsmouth Harbour (UK) on 28th July, 2008.

Displacement: 3,500 tons standard

Length: 449 ft 6 in; Beam: 47 ft 11 in; Draft:14 ft 9 in; Depth:28 ft 10 in

Propulsion: 4 gas turbines 54,000 shaft horsepower; Speed: 30 knots

Range: 8,030 nm at 14 knots

Complement: 220

Armament: Harpoon SSM; Sea Sparrow SAM; ASROC anti-submarine rocket; 1 × 76 mm 62 cal rapid fire gun (OTO Melara 3); 2 × 20 mm CIWS;

2 × Type 68 triple torpedo tubes

Aircraft carried: 1 × SH-60J(K) anti-submarine helicopter

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