JS Yūgiri (DD-153)

JS Yūgiri is an Asagiri-class destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, pennant number DD-153, built by Sumitomo Heavy Industries at Uraga, where she was laid down on 25 February 1986. The class is equipped for combat and interception missions and armed mainly with anti-ship weapons, including two Mk-141 launchers for anti-ship missiles, Mk-32 torpedo tubes on each side against submarines and an Oto-Melara 76 mm gun. She is 137 metres long, has a range of 8,000 nautical miles at 14 knots and a top speed of 30 knots, carries up to 220 personnel and can operate one SH-60J Seahawk helicopter. In 1996 during RIMPAC an A-6E attack aircraft from USS Independence towing a target was shot down by mistake in a gunnery exercise, and her crew rescued the pilots. She served on anti-piracy missions in the Gulf of Aden in 2012 and 2016 and took part in JIMEX 24 with the Indian Navy in 2024.