JS Hatakaze (DDG-171/TV-3520) is a Hatakaze-class guided missile destroyer built for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). Hatakaze was the first vessel completed of her class. She was the first JMSDF vessel to use gas turbine propulsion.[1]
 JS Hatakaze (DDG-171) on 25 July 2009
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| History | |
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| Name |
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| Namesake | Hatakaze (1942) |
| Builder | Mitsubishi, Nagasaki |
| Laid down | 20 May 1983 |
| Launched | 9 November 1984 |
| Commissioned | 27 March 1986 |
| Reclassified | Training vessel, 19 March 2020 |
| Homeport | Yokosuka |
| 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 |
Construction and career edit
Hatakaze was laid down on the 20 May 1983 at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries shipyard in Nagasaki. She was launched on 9 November 1984, and commissioned on 27 March 1986.[2]
On 31 May 1994, Hatakaze along with JS Kurama, Kongō, Asagiri, Yūgiri, Amagiri, Hamagiri, Sawagiri, Tokiwa and Takashio departed from Yokosuka Naval Base and participated in the RIMPAC 1994 exercise held in the waters around Hawaii from 23 June to 6 July.
She was converted to a training vessel on 19 March 2020 and was redesignated as TV-3520.[3] On 18 August, a JMSDF MCH-101 helicopter successfully landed and took off from Hatakaze.[4]
From 9 February to 16 March 2021, she participated in the open sea practice voyage of the 54th General Executive Candidate Course (internal course) students with the escort ship JS Yūgiri and the training ship JS Setoyuki.[5] On 28 February, Hatakaze conducted joint training with USS Theodore Roosevelt and USS Bunker Hill in the sea and airspace around Guam.[6]
See also edit
Citations edit
- ^ "JS Hatakaze (DDG-171)". militaryfactory.com. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
- ^ Saunders 2015, p. 440
- ^ 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
- ^ "JMSDF MCH-101 helicopter successfully conducts landing and takeoff on Hatakaze destroyer". www.navyrecognition.com. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/202102/20210202.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/202103/20210303.pdf [bare URL PDF]
References edit
- Saunders, Stephen, ed. (2015). IHS Jane's Fighting Ships 2015-2016. IHS Global Limited. ISBN 978-0-7106-3143-5.
External links edit
Media related to JS Hatakaze (DDG-171) at Wikimedia Commons