JS Yahagi
| History | |
|---|---|
| Japan | |
| Name | Yahagi |
| Namesake | Yahagi River |
| Builder | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki |
| Laid down | 24 June 2021 |
| Launched | 23 June 2022 |
| Commissioned | 21 May 2024 |
| Homeport | Maizuru |
| Identification | Pennant number: FFM-5 |
| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Mogami-class frigate |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 133 m (436 ft 4 in) |
| Beam | 16.3 m (53 ft 6 in) |
| Draft | 9 m (29 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 2 × RHIB, UUV, USV |
| Crew | 90 |
| Sensors & processing systems | |
| Electronic warfare & decoys | NOLQ-3E (Passive radar system + Electronic attack capability is integrated into the main radar antenna), Chaff dispenser |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 × SH-60L helicopter |
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Yahagi (やはぎ) 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, a name that was chosen by Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi after a competition within the Maritime Self-Defense Forces.
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.