JS Shimakaze

	JS Shimakaze (DDG-172) firing in a gunnery exercise on 21 December 2015.
History
Japan
Name	JS Shimakaze; (しまかぜ);
Builder	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki
Laid down	13 January 1985
Launched	30 January 1987
Commissioned	23 March 1988
Homeport	Maizuru, Japan
Identification	MMSI number: 431999525; Pennant number: DDG-172;
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and type	Hatakaze-class destroyer
Displacement	4674 tons standard; 6096 tons full load;
Length	492.1 ft (150.0 m)
Beam	53.9 ft (16.4 m)
Draft	15.8 ft (4.8 m)
Propulsion	2 x Kawasaki/Rolls-Royce Spey SM1A gas turbines; 2 x Rolls-Royce Olympus gas turbines; 2 x shafts; 72,000 shp (54,000 kW);
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement	260
Sensors and ; processing systems	AN/SPS-52 air-search radar; OPS-11C air-search;
Armament	2 x 5 in (130 mm) 54 caliber Mark 42 deck gun; 8 x Harpoon ship-to-ship missiles; 1 x SM-1MR Mk13 Mod4 ship-to-air missile launcher; 1 x ASROC Mk112 octuple launcher (anti submarine); 2 x 20mm CIWS; 2 x Type 68 triple torpedo tubes;
Aviation facilities	1 × SH-60K helicopter

JS Shimakaze (DDG-172) is the second ship of the Hatakaze-class guided missile destroyers built for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).

Construction and career

Shimikaze was laid down on the 13 January 1985 in Mitsubishi shipyard in Nagasaki. She was launched on 30 January 1987, and commissioned on 23 March 1988.^[1]

On 23 November 2017, Shimakaze, JS Kaga, JS Ise, JS Teruzuki and JS Samidare from Japan participated in the search and rescue of a crashed C-2A Orion from the US 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]

Gallery

USS Essex, JS Shimakaze, JS Kongō, JS Amagiri and JS Natusio docked at Okinawa on 28 February 2003.
Shimakaze on 3 June 2007.
4 November 2011, Shimakaze in formation ahead of USS Curtis Wilbur.
Shimakaze moored alongside HMAS Warramunga and HMAS Perth on 1 September 2012.
Shimakaze's stern on 10 June 2017.

References

^ "JS Hatakaze-class ship list". globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
^ "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.
^ Reuters Staff (31 March 2020). "Japan says destroyer and Chinese boat collided; China says one hurt". Reuters. Retrieved 20 September 2020. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)

External links

Military Factory

[1] "JS Hatakaze-class ship list". globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 6 September 2019.

[2] "Search for 3 Sailors Missing After C-2A Crash in Philippine Sea Expands". USNI News. 23 November 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2020.

[3] "HMCS Ottawa participates in KAEDEX". Pacific Navy News. 30 October 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2020.

[4] "Japanese destroyer is damaged in collision with Chinese fishing vessel in East China Sea". Stars and Stripes. Retrieved 20 September 2020.

[5] Reuters Staff (31 March 2020). "Japan says destroyer and Chinese boat collided; China says one hurt". Reuters. Retrieved 20 September 2020. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)

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Construction and career

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