JS Shimakaze (DDG-172)

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

For other ships with the same name, see Japanese destroyer 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:
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:
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:
Aviation facilities: 1 × SH-60K helicopter

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]

See also

References
  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.
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