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.
 JS Shimakaze (DDG-172) firing in a gunnery exercise on 21 December 2015
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| 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 |
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 edit
Media related to JS Shimakaze (DDG-172) at Wikimedia Commons