The Atago-class is a class of guided-missile destroyers designed and built by Japan and was the second class employing the US-built AEGIS system. Two units have been built in total: Atago and Ashigara. Noteworthy is that Japan reused names from ships having served in world war two, having been heavy cruisers of different classes.
The Ashigara was laid down as the second ship of the class in April of 2005 and was launched over a year later. Her commissioning happened in 2008, after which her assigned homeport was Sasebo. As the ship is a modern one, she has not taken part in any active combat activities yet. Her first real emergency situation was the earthquake and tsunami of 2011, in which she took part in disaster relief. Due to the rising tensions between Japan and North Korea, Ashigara took part in several exercises with the US Navy which went close to the Korean peninsula.
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