JS Asayuki (DD-132)

JS Asayuki was a Hatsuyuki-class destroyer of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force, pennant number DD-132. The Hatsuyuki class adopted Japan's first all-gas turbine propulsion in a COGOG arrangement and carried helicopters, a tactical data system and a balanced mix of missiles, and was the first JMSDF destroyer class fitted with the improved Sea Sparrow point defence missile system. Sumitomo Heavy Industries laid Asayuki down at its Uraga shipyard on 22 December 1983 and launched her on 16 October 1985, and she commissioned on 20 February 1987. In 1990 she sailed with JS Haruna from Sasebo to San Diego and Pearl Harbor for the RIMPAC 1990 exercise, in 2014 she joined an open sea practice voyage with JS Shirane, and in 2016 she took part in Japan-Australia joint training around Sydney. She was removed from the naval register on 16 November 2020, with Sasebo as her last home port.