JS Shiranui

History
JS Shiranui underway on 28 February 2019.
Japan
Name	Shiranui (しらぬい)
Namesake	Shiranui
Owner	Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Builder	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki
Laid down	20 May 2016
Launched	12 October 2017
Commissioned	27 February 2019
Identification	Pennant number: DD-120
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class & type	Asahi-class destroyer
Displacement	5,100 tonnes standard 6,800 tonnes full load
Length	151 m (495 ft 5 in)
Beam	18.3 m (60 ft 0 in)
Draft	5.4 m (17 ft 9 in)
Depth	10.9 m (35 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	COGLAG, two shafts, two GE LM2500 turbines
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement	230
Sensors & processing systems	OYQ-13 ACDS FCS-3A AAW system OPY-1 AAW system OQQ-24 ASW system OQR-4 Towed sonar array system NOLQ-3D-2 EW system OPS-48 surface search radar
Armament	1 × Mk. 45 Mod 4 127 mm (5 in)/62 gun 8 × Type 90 Anti-ship missile in quad canisters 2 × 20 mm Phalanx Block1B CIWS 2 × HOS-303 triple 324 mm (12.8 in) torpedo tubes Anti-torpedo System 32-cell Mk. 41 Vertical launching system RIM-162 ESSM SAM RUM-139 VL-ASROC Type 07 VL-ASROC
Aircraft carried	1 × SH-60K helicopter

JS Shiranui (DD-120) is the second ship of the Asahi-class destroyer of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. Her namesake came from the optical phenomenon called Shiranui, or "Phosphorescent Light".