{{Short description|Asagiri-class destroyer}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image = JDS Sawagiri DD157.jpg | image_caption = JS ''Sawagiri'' on 18 December 2004 }}
|section2={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header= |country=Japan |flag= {{shipboxflag|Japan|naval}} |name=*''Sawagiri'' *(さわぎり) |owner= |namesake= |ordered= 1985 |builder= Mitsubishi, Nagasaki |laid_down= 14 January 1987 |launched= 25 September 1988 |acquired= |commissioned= 6 March 1990 |decommissioned= |in_service= |reclassified= |out_of_service= |struck= |reinstated= |homeport= Sasebo |identification=*{{MMSI Number|431999543}} *Pennant number: DD-157 |honours= |honors= |fate= |status=Active |notes= }}
|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics |hide_header= |header_caption= |class= {{sclass|Asagiri|destroyer}} |displacement= |length={{convert|137|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |beam={{convert|14.6|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |draught= |draft={{convert|4.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |propulsion=4 gas turbines {{cvt|54,000|shp|lk=in}} |speed= {{convert|30|kn|lk=in}} |range= {{convert|8030|nmi|lk=in|abbr=on}} at {{convert|14|kn}} |complement=220 |sensors=*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 |EW= *NOLR-8 intercept *OLT-3 jammer *Mark 36 SRBOC |armament=*1 × Otobreda 76 mm gun *2 × missile canister up to 8 Harpoon SSM *2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS *1 × Mk.29 Sea Sparrow SAM octuple launcher *1 × Mk.16 ASROC anti-submarine rocket octuple launcher *2 × HOS-302A triple {{convert|324|mm|in|abbr=on}} torpedo tubes |aircraft=1 SH-60J(K) anti-submarine helicopter |aircraft_facilities= |notes= }} }} '''JS ''Sawagiri'' (DD-157)''' is an {{sclass|Asagiri|destroyer}} of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
== Development and design == 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 ship has 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.<ref name="seaforce-asagiri2">{{cite web|title=Asagiri class Destroyer - DD|url=http://www.seaforces.org/marint/Japan-Maritime-Self-Defense-Force/Destroyer/Asagiri-class.htm|accessdate=11 December 2014|website=seaforces.org}}</ref>
They are {{convert|137|m|ftin|abbr=on}} long. The ship can has a range of {{convert|8000|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|14|kn|lk=in}} with a top speed of {{convert|30|kn}}. The ships can have up to 220 personnel on board. The ship is also fitted to accommodate one aircraft. The ship's flight deck can be used to service a SH-60J9(K) Seahawk helicopter.<ref name="seaforce-asagiri2"/>
== Construction and career == ''Sawagiri'' was laid down on 14 January 1987 and launched on 25 September 1988 by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki. She was commissioned on 6 March 1990.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
The vessel was dispatched to the Great East Japan Earthquake caused by the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tōhoku Earthquake on 11 March 2011.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
On 12 May 2012, the 12th dispatched anti-piracy action formation sailed from Sasebo off the coast of Somalia, joined by the escort ship {{ship|JS|Ikazuchi|DD-107|6}} on the way, and started the mission about three weeks later, on 1 July. An escort formation was formed by the cooperation of the three countries of Japan, China and India. On 24 October, the same year, ''Sawagiri'' returned to Sasebo.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
''Sawagiri'' joined the 13th Escort Corps under the direct control of the Escort Fleet on 13 March 2014. On 5 July 2015, as the 22nd dispatched anti-piracy action surface corps, sailed from Sasebo base to the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia with the escort ship {{ship|JS|Akizuki}}, and completed the mission on 18 December 2015.<ref>{{cite press release |last= |first= |date= |title=Joint Staff Press Release |language=Japanese |url=https://www.mod.go.jp/js/Press/press2015/press_pdf/p20151201_01.pdf |url-status= |location= |publisher=Joint Staff Office |agency= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011135011/http://www.mod.go.jp/js/Press/press2015/press_pdf/p20151201_01.pdf |archive-date=11 October 2016 |access-date=4 December 2024}}</ref>
From 29 February to 5 March 2020, the destroyer took part in joint training with the US Navy that was conducted with the escort ship {{ship|JS|Suzunami}} in the sea and airspace from the south of Kantō to the north of Guam. From the US Navy, the cruisers {{USS|Antietam|CG-54|6}}, {{USS|Shiloh|CG-67|6}}, destroyers {{USS|Barry|DDG-52|6}} and {{USS|Mustin|DDG-89|6}} participated in various tactical training.<ref>{{cite press release |last= |first= |date=28 February 2020 |title=日米共同訓練について |trans-title=Japan-U.S. Joint Training |url=https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/202002/20200228.pdf |language=Japanese |location= |publisher=Maritime Staff Office |agency= |access-date=4 December 2024}}</ref>
== Gallery == <gallery mode="nolines"> File:US Navy 041218-N-8539M-134 The guided missile destroyer USS Shiloh (DDG 67) and the Japanese Destroyer JDS Sawagiri (DD 157) maneuver beside USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) preparing for a joint exercise involving several U.S. and.jpg|JS ''Sawagiri'' with {{USS|Shiloh|CG-67|6}} on 18 December 2004. File:JDS-Sawagiri-001 mod.jpg|JS ''Sawagiri'' on 16 July 2006. File:Sawagiri in Sydney Harbour 1.JPG|JS ''Sawagiri'' at Sydney on 10 August 2007. File:JS Sawagiri (DD-157) - Deperming.jpg|JS ''Sawagiri'' on 5 August 2009. File:JS Sawagiri (DD-157), Pacific Oean.jpg|JS ''Sawagiri'' underway on 10 December 2010. File:JS Sawagiri（DD-157）& JS Uraga（MST-463）leaving Etajima Bay.jpg|JS ''Sawagiri'' and {{JS|Uraga}} leave Etajima Bay, 16 March 2024. </gallery>
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{{Asagiri class destroyers}}
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