JS Shimakaze
 JS Shimakaze (DDG-172) firing in a gunnery exercise on 21 December 2015
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| History | |
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 Japan | |
| Name |
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| Namesake | Shimakaze (1942) |
| Builder | Mitsubishi, Nagasaki |
| Laid down | 13 January 1985 |
| Launched | 30 January 1987 |
| Commissioned | 23 March 1988 |
| Reclassified | Training vessel, 19 March 2021 |
| Homeport | Kure |
| Identification |
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| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Hatakaze-class destroyer |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 492.1 ft (150.0 m) |
| Beam | 53.9 ft (16.4 m) |
| Draft | 15.8 ft (4.8 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Complement | 260 |
| Sensors and processing systems |
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| Armament |
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| Aviation facilities | 1 × SH-60K helicopter |
JS Shimakaze (DDG-172/TV-3521) is the second ship of the Hatakaze-class guided missile destroyers built for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). The ship was reclassified as training ship in 2021.
Construction and career
[edit]Shimakaze was laid down on the 13 January 1985 at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries shipyard in Nagasaki. She was launched on 30 January 1987, and commissioned on 23 March 1988.[1]
On 23 November 2017, Shimakaze along with JS Kaga, Ise, Teruzuki and Samidare participated in the search and rescue of a crashed C-2A Greyhound from the United States Navy 7th Fleet.[2]
HMCS Ottawa, JS Chōkai and Shimakaze participated in a bilateral exercise between the Royal Canadian Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force on 16 October 2019.[3]
On 30 March 2020, Shimakaze was damaged in a collision with a Chinese fishing vessel in the East China Sea.[4][5]
Shimakaze was converted to training ship and redesignated as TV-3521 on 19 March 2021.[6]
See also
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ Saunders 2015, p. 440
- ^ "Search for 3 Sailors Missing After C-2A Crash in Philippine Sea Expands". USNI News. 23 November 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ "HMCS Ottawa participates in KAEDEX". Pacific Navy News. 30 October 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ "Japanese destroyer is damaged in collision with Chinese fishing vessel in East China Sea". Stars and Stripes. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ "Japan says destroyer and Chinese boat collided; China says one hurt". Reuters. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ 海人社, ed. (May 2021). "「あまつかぜ」から「しまかぜ」まで 海自在来型DDGを振り返る" [From "Amatsukaze" to "Shimakaze": Looking back on the DDG]. 世界の艦船 (in Japanese) (947). 海人社: 43–51.NAID 40022529062
References
[edit]- Saunders, Stephen, ed. (2015). IHS Jane's Fighting Ships 2015-2016. IHS Global Limited. ISBN 978-0-7106-3143-5.
External links
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Media related to JS Shimakaze (DDG-172) at Wikimedia Commons