JS Setogiri

{{short description|Asagiri-class destroyer}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image = JS"Setogiri"（DD-156）Low-visibility02.jpg | image_caption = JS ''Setogiri'' at Maizuru on 2023 }}

|section2={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header= |country=Japan |flag= {{shipboxflag|Japan|naval}} |name=*''Setogiri'' *(せとぎり) |owner= |namesake= |ordered= 1985 |builder= Hitachi, Maizuru |laid_down= 9 March 1987 |launched= 12 September 1988 |acquired= |commissioned= 14 February 1990 |decommissioned= |in_service= |reclassified= |out_of_service= |struck= |reinstated= |homeport= Maizuru |identification=*{{MMSI Number|431999518}} *Pennant number: DD-156 |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 ''Setogiri'' (DD-156)''' 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 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.<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 has a range of {{convert|8000|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|14|kn|lk=in}} with a top speed of {{convert|30|kn}}. 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.<ref name="seaforce-asagiri2"/>

== Construction and career == ''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.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}

On 26 July 2013, she set sail off the coast of Somalia with the escort ship {{ship|JS|Ariake|DD-109|6}} 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.<ref>{{cite press release |last= |first= |date= |title=派遣海賊対処行動水上部隊の交代について |trans-title=Regarding replacement of deployed anti-piracy surface forces |url=https://www.mod.go.jp/js/Press/press2013/press_pdf/p20130712_02.pdf |language=Japanese |location= |publisher=Joint Staff Office |agency= |access-date=3 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201234959/http://www.mod.go.jp/js/Press/press2013/press_pdf/p20130712_02.pdf |archive-date=1 February 2014}}</ref>

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 {{ship|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.<ref>{{Cite web|last=INC|first=SANKEI DIGITAL|title=【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|url=https://www.sankei.com/world/news/160412/wor1604120010-n1.html|access-date=2020-11-24|website=産経ニュース|language=ja|archive-date=2019-07-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721001852/https://www.sankei.com/world/news/160412/wor1604120010-n1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |last= |first= |date= |title=平成２７年度外洋練習航海（飛行）について |trans-title=FY2015 Ocean Training Voyage (Flight) |url=https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/info/news/201603/20160315-01.pdf |language=Japanese |location= |publisher=Maritime Staff Office |agency= |access-date=3 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327120306/http://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/info/news/201603/20160315-01.pdf |archive-date=27 March 2016}}</ref>

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 {{convert|2,600|m|abbr=on}} 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.<ref>{{cite report |author= |author-link= |date= |title=航空事故（護衛艦「せとぎり」搭載ＳＨ－６０Ｊ）について（第１１報） |language=Japanese |trans-title=Aviation Accident (SH-60J onboard the destroyer "Setogiri") (11th report) |url=https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/info/news/201710/20171027-02.pdf |publisher=Maritime Self-Defense Force Ominato District Headquarters |page= |docket= |access-date=3 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201044520/http://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/info/news/201710/20171027-02.pdf |archive-date=1 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite report |author= |author-link= |date= |title=航空事故（護衛艦「せとぎり」搭載ＳＨ－６０Ｊ）について（第１０報）|language=Japanese |trans-title=Aviation Accident (SH-60J onboard the destroyer "Setogiri") (10th report) |url=https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/info/news/201710/20171027-01.pdf |publisher=Maritime Self-Defense Force Ominato District Headquarters |page= |docket= |access-date=3 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201043537/http://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/info/news/201710/20171027-01.pdf |archive-date=1 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-10-24|title=海底２６００ｍ、墜落海自ヘリ発見…遺体も確認 : 社会 : 読売新聞（YOMIURI ONLINE）|url=http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/20171024-OYT1T50062.html|access-date=2020-11-24|website=archive.is|archive-date=2017-10-24|archive-url=https://archive.today/20171024065604/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/20171024-OYT1T50062.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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|D53|6}} and returned to Ōminato on 3 June.<ref>{{cite press release |last= |first= |date= |title=アデン湾における派遣海賊対処行動に従事した艦艇の入港について |trans-title=Regarding the arrival of naval vessels engaged in anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden |url=https://www.mod.go.jp/js/Press/press2018/press_pdf/p20180518_01.pdf |language=Japanese |location= |publisher=Joint Staff Office |agency= |access-date=3 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180525205135/http://www.mod.go.jp/js/Press/press2018/press_pdf/p20180518_01.pdf |archive-date=25 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |last= |first= |date= |title=インド海軍との親善行事及び共同訓練の実施について |trans-title=Friendly Event and Joint Training with the Indian Navy |url=https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/201805/20180515-01.pdf |language=Japanese |location= |publisher=Maritime Staff Office |agency= |access-date=3 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |last= |first= |date= |title=派遣海賊対処行動水上部隊の交代について |language=Japanese |trans-title=Regarding replacement of deployed anti-piracy surface forces |url=https://www.mod.go.jp/js/Press/press2017/press_pdf/p20171117_01.pdf |url-status=dead |location= |publisher=Joint Staff Office |agency= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201041828/http://www.mod.go.jp/js/Press/press2017/press_pdf/p20171117_01.pdf |archive-date=1 December 2017 |access-date=3 December 2024}}</ref>

== Gallery == <gallery mode="nolines"> File:JS Setogiri at San Diego, -1 Jul. 1991 a.jpg|JS ''Setogiri'' at San Diego on 1 July 1991. File:JS Setogiri (DD-156) in the Pacific, -16 Nov. 2007 a.jpg|JS ''Setogiri'' during Keen Sword 08 on 16 November 2007 File:US Navy 080626-N-1974P-076 apanese Maritime Self Defense Ship JS Setogori (DD 156) arrives at Naval Station Pearl Harbor for this year's Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC).jpg|JS ''Setogiri'' at Pearl Harbor on 26 June 2008. File:JDS Setogiri (DD-156).jpg|JS ''Setogiri'' during RIMPAC 2008. File:DD156setogiri.jpg|JS ''Setogiri'' at Akita on 13 October 2008. File:DD-156 Setogiri.jpg|JS ''Setogiri'' on 24 September 2017. File:JS Setogiri DD-156 20170929.jpg|JS ''Setogiri'' in Tokyo Bay on 29 September 2017. File:JMSDF Destroyer JS "Setogiri" in Deployment Surface Force Counter Piracy Enforcement.jpg|JS ''Setogiri'' on 23 February 2018. File:Porte-avions Charles de Gaulle （R91）＆JS Setogiri（DD-156）.jpg|JS ''Setogiri'' and french aircraft carrier {{Ship|French aircraft carrier|Charles de Gaulle|4=2}}, 1 May 2021. File:JS Setogiri（DD-156）＆RFA Tidespring（A136）.jpg|JS ''Setogiri'' and {{Ship|RFA|Tidespring|A136|6}}, 12 July 2021. File:JS"Setogiri"（DD-156）Low-visibility.jpg|JS ''Setogiri'' on 9 April 2022. </gallery>

== References == {{commons category-inline|JS Setogiri (DD-156)}} {{Reflist}}

{{Asagiri class destroyers}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Setogiri (DD-156)}} Category:Asagiri-class destroyers Category:Ships built by Hitachi Zosen Corporation Category:1988 ships