JS Yamagiri

{{short description|Asagiri-class destroyer}} {{Expand Japanese|あまぎり (護衛艦)|date=February 2017}} {{Infobox ship  |section1={{Infobox ship/image |image=JS Yamagiri in Cruise（Left View）.jpg |image_caption=JS ''Yamagiri'' }}

|section2={{Infobox ship/career |hide_header= |country=Japan |flag= {{shipboxflag|Japan|naval}} |name= *''Yamagiri'' *(やまぎり) |owner= |namesake= |ordered= |builder=Mitsui Shipbuilding, Tamano |laid_down=March 3, 1986<ref name=seaforce-asagiri/> |launched=October 10, 1987<ref name=seaforce-asagiri/> |acquired= |commissioned=January 25, 1989<ref name=seaforce-asagiri/> |decommissioned= |in_service= |out_of_service= |struck= |reinstated= |identification={{MMSI Number|431999542}} |honours= |honors= |fate= |status=in active service |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}} |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 × OTO Melara 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 |armour= |armor= |aircraft=1 SH-60J(K) anti-submarine helicopter |aircraft_facilities= |notes= }} }}

'''JS ''Yamagiri'' (DD-152)''' is an {{sclass|Asagiri|destroyer}} in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).<ref name=seaforce-asagiri>{{cite web|title=Asagiri class Destroyer - DD|url=http://www.seaforces.org/marint/Japan-Maritime-Self-Defense-Force/Destroyer/Asagiri-class.htm|website=seaforces.org|accessdate=11 December 2014}}</ref>

==History== It is the first major combat vessel in the JMSDF to have a female captain. On February 29, 2016 Miho Otani became the first woman to command a destroyer in active duty.<ref>[https://www.armyrecognition.com/archives/archives-naval-defense/naval-defense-2016/jmsdf-appointed-the-first-female-officer-to-command-a-destroyer JMSDF Appointed the First Female Officer to Command a Destroyer March 2, 2016] ''Naval Recognition'' Retrieved February 22, 2017</ref> She had previously commanded a training destroyer.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130328071929/http://japandailypress.com/japan-appoints-first-female-officers-to-command-two-sdf-ships-2525777 Japan appoints first female officers to command two SDF ships March 25, 2013]}} ''Japan Daily Press'' Retrieved February 22, 2017</ref> As of 2016, the vessel had around ten female crew members with designated accommodation and toilets for them.<ref>[http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/03/01/national/msdf-commander-first-female-skipper-destroyer/ MSDF commander first female to skipper destroyer March 1, 2016] ''Japan Times'' Retrieved February 22, 2017</ref><ref>Demetriou, Danielle [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/05/meet-japans-only-female-warship-captain/ Meet Japan's first female warship captain] ''The Telegraph'' Retrieved February 22, 2017</ref> Otani was captain from February 2016 to February 2017.

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{{Asagiri class destroyers}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Yamagiri (DD-152)}} Category:Asagiri-class destroyers Category:Ships built by Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding Category:1987 ships