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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.

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JDS Yamagiri is a destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). It is the fourth ship of the Asagiri-class destroyers, and was commissioned in 1989. JDS Yamagiri has a displacement of 4,900 tons, a length of 137 meters, a beam of 14.6 meters, and a draft of 4.5 meters. It is powered by four gas turbines that generate a total of 60,000 horsepower, giving it a maximum speed of 30 knots. JDS Yamagiri is armed with a 76 mm gun, two 20 mm Phalanx close-in weapon systems, eight Harpoon anti-ship missiles, two Mark 15 vertical launch systems for Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missiles, two Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes for Mark 46 torpedoes, and one SH-60J helicopter.
JDS Yamagiri has a complement of 220 personnel, and is based at Yokosuka Naval Base. JDS Yamagiri participates in various exercises and missions with other JMSDF ships and allied navies, such as the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise and the anti-piracy operation in the Gulf of Aden.