JS Hatakaze (DDG-171)
JS Hatakaze (DDG-171) 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]
_at_Port_of_Sakaisenboku_20141019.JPG.webp) JS Hatakaze (DDG-171) at Port of Sakaisenboku | |
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| Namesake: | Hatakaze (1942) |
| Builder: | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki |
| Laid down: | 20 May 1983 |
| Launched: | 9 November 1984 |
| Commissioned: | 27 March 1986 |
| Homeport: | Yokosuka, Japan |
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| Status: | Active |
| Notes: | Training vessel, 19 March 2020 |
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| Class and type: | Hatakaze-class destroyer |
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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) |
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| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Complement: | 260 |
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| Aviation facilities: | 1 × SH-60K helicopter |
Construction and career
She was laid down on the 20 May, 1983 in Mitsubishi shipyard in Nagasaki. She was launched on 9 November 1984, and commissioned on 27 March 1986.[2] She was converted to a training vessel on March 19, 2020.
18 August 2020, a JMSDF MCH-101 helicopter successfully landed and took off from Hatakaze.[3]
References
- "JS Hatakaze (DDG-171)". militaryfactory.com. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
- "JS Hatakaze-class ship list". globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
- "JMSDF MCH-101 helicopter successfully conducts landing and takeoff on Hatakaze destroyer". www.navyrecognition.com. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
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