JS Yamagiri
# JS Yamagiri

JS Yamagiri :

| History ||
| - | - |
| Japan ||
| Name | Yamagiri (やまぎり) |
| Builder | Mitsui Shipbuilding, Tamano |
| Laid down | March 3, 1986 |
| Launched | October 10, 1987 |
| Commissioned | January 25, 1989 |
| Identification | MMSI number: 431999542 |
| Status | in active service |
| General characteristics ||
| Class and type | Asagiri-class destroyer |
| Length | 137 m (449 ft 6 in) |
| Beam | 14.6 m (47 ft 11 in) |
| Draft | 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in) |
| Propulsion | 4 gas turbines 54,000 shp (40,000 kW) |
| Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Range | 8,030 nmi (14,870 km; 9,240 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement | 220 |
| Sensors and processing systems | OYQ-6/7 CDS (w/ Link-11) OPS-14/24 air search radar OPS-28 surface search radar OQS-4A hull sonar OQR-1 TACTASS |
| Electronic warfare & decoys | NOLR-8 intercept OLT-3 jammer Mark 36 SRBOC |
| Armament | 1 × Otobreda 76 mm gun 2 × missile canister up to 8 Harpoon SSM 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 1 × Mk.29 Sea Sparrow SAM octuple launcher 1 × Mk.16 ASROC anti-submarine rocket octuple launcher 2 × HOS-302A triple 324 mm (12.8 in) torpedo tubes |
| Aircraft carried | 1 SH-60J(K) anti-submarine helicopter |

JS Yamagiri (DD-152) is an Asagiri-class destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. (JMSDF)

It is the first major combat vessel in the JMSDF to have a female captain. On February 29, 2016 Miho Otani became the first woman to command a destroyer in active duty the service. She had previously commanded a training destroyer. As of 2016 the vessel had around 10 female crew members with designated accommodation and toilets for them. Otani was captain from February 2016 to February 2017.

