JS Yahagi

For other ships with the same name, see Japanese ship Yahagi.
History
Japan
NameYahagi
NamesakeYahagi River
BuilderMitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki
Laid down24 June 2021
Launched23 June 2022
Commissioned21 May 2024
HomeportMaizuru
IdentificationPennant number: FFM-5
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and typeMogami-class frigate
Displacement
  • 3,900 tons standard
  • 5,500 tons full load
Length133 m (436 ft 4 in)
Beam16.3 m (53 ft 6 in)
Draft9 m (29 ft 6 in)
Propulsion
Speed30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Boats & landing
craft carried		2 × RHIB, UUV, USV
Crew90
Sensors and
processing systems
  • OPY-2 (X-band multi-purpose AESA radar)
  • OAX-3(EO/IR)
  • OQQ-25 (VDS + TASS)
  • OQQ-11 (Mine-hunting sonar)
  • OYQ-1 (Combat management system)
  • OYX-1-29 (Console display system)
Electronic warfare
& decoys		NOLQ-3E (Passive radar system + Electronic attack capability is integrated into the main radar antenna), Chaff dispenser
Armament
Aircraft carried1 × SH-60L helicopter

Yahagi (ローマ字) is a frigate of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, and the fifth ship of the Mogami class. Her namesake comes from the Yahagi River, which flows through Nagano, Gifu, and Aichi prefectures,[1] a name that was chosen by Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi after a competition within the Maritime Self-Defense Forces.[1]

She is the third Japanese warship to bear this name, following the former Imperial Japanese Navy's Chikuma-class cruiser Yahagi of 1911, and the Agano-class cruiser Yahagi of 1942, though the kanji characters are different, as the former Imperial Japanese Navy's Yahagi was named after the old name of the Yahagi River.

  1. ^ a b Kosuke Takahashi (23 June 2022). "海上自衛隊の最新鋭もがみ型護衛艦5番艦「やはぎ」進水 艦名は矢作川に由来" [The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's latest Mogami-class destroyer, the fifth ship, "Yahagi" has been launched. The ship's name comes from the Yahagi River.]. Yahoo!ニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 23 June 2022.