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JS Shimakaze

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JS Shimakaze (DDG-172) firing in a gunnery exercise on 21 December 2015
History
Japan
Name
  • Shimakaze
  • (しまかぜ)
NamesakeShimakaze (1942)
BuilderMitsubishi, Nagasaki
Laid down13 January 1985
Launched30 January 1987
Commissioned23 March 1988
ReclassifiedTraining vessel, 19 March 2021
HomeportKure
Identification
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and typeHatakaze-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 4674 tons standard
  • 6096 tons full load
Length492.1 ft (150.0 m)
Beam53.9 ft (16.4 m)
Draft15.8 ft (4.8 m)
Propulsion
Speed30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement260
Sensors and
processing systems
Armament
Aviation facilities1 × 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

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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

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Citations

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  1. ^ Saunders 2015, p. 440
  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. ^ "Japan says destroyer and Chinese boat collided; China says one hurt". Reuters. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  6. ^ 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

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  • Saunders, Stephen, ed. (2015). IHS Jane's Fighting Ships 2015-2016. IHS Global Limited. ISBN 978-0-7106-3143-5.
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