JDS Hayase

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JDS Hayase in 1986
History
Naval Ensign of Japan.svgJapan
Name
  • Hayase
  • (はやせ)
Ordered1969
Builder IHI, Tokyo
Laid down16 September 1970
Launched21 June 1971
Commissioned6 November 1971
Decommissioned11 December 2002
ReclassifiedASU-7020
Homeport Kure
Identification Pennant number: MST-462
FateScrapped
Class overview
Preceded by Hayatomo class
Succeeded by Uraga class
General characteristics
Type Minesweeper
Displacement
  • 2,000 t (2,000 long tons) standard
  • 3,050 t (3,000 long tons) full load
Length99 m (325 ft)
Beam14.5 m (48 ft)
Draft4.2 m (14 ft)
Depth8.4 m (27 ft 7 in)
Propulsion
  • 4 × Kawasaki MAN V6 V22 30ATL Diesel
  • 2 × axes
Speed18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement180
Sensors and
processing systems
Armament
Aviation facilities Hangar

JDS Hayase (MST-462) was a minesweeper for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

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Development

The Maritime Self-Defense Force purchased the LST-542 class tank landing ship USS Hamilton County, which was retired from the U.S. Navy, and after making certain modifications, she has been operating as a mine sweeper tender JDS Hayatomo since June 1960. The ship was useful as a tender, except that she had plenty of space inside her and was sluggish, but she was completed in 1944 and was an old ship, and it was hoped that her replacement ship will be built. [1]

Therefore, a new mine sweeper tender was to be built in the 1969 plan during the Third Defense Build-up Plan.

Design

In terms of design, JDS Sōya has much in common built in the same year's plan, except this ship has two deck layers. She has a flush deck with a strong shears on the bow and stern. In addition, in order to save construction costs, the hull structure relies on the ship design standards of the Defense Agency, but the work method adopts the work standards of the shipyard side, and most of the hull structural materials use NK standard materials. However, the use of high-strength steel has been partially stopped, and the ship price has been reduced by using general marine products for the accessories. [1] [2]

Her rear deck is said to be the helicopter deck, which corresponds to the arrival and departure of the KV-107II-3 minesweeping helicopter operated by the JMSDF at the time of planning. Although it does not have helicopter loading capacity, it was equipped with a power source for starting, an aerial refueling device, a fire extinguishing device, a motor cleaning device, and a tank for aviation fuel (JP-5). Below that, a mine storage was installed in the latter half of the second deck, and it also had the ability to lay mines with the mine laying device Type 2. [1] There are a total of 5 mines laying rails, 3 on the port side and 2 on the starboard side, and the number of mines loaded was 115 for 3000-pound class mines, and the moored 66-Type mines. In the case of (K-15), it was said to be 250. [3] [4]

As for armament, in addition to diverting the 68-type 50-caliber 3-inch twin rapid-fire gun that was equipped on the dismissed JDS Wakaba, it was equipped with two Mk.10 20mm single-armed guns for mine disposal. It also had limited anti-submarine capability due to the SQS-11A medium-frequency sonar and the 68-type triple short torpedo launcher. [5]

As a mine sweeper tender, which was the original mission of Hayase, it was considered that one ship could support the five mine warfare forces at that time. Replenishment of minesweepers is assumed to be carried out at the harbor, and does not correspond to high lines. A break-action crane with a capacity of 5 tons is installed just in front of the stern deck, and is used to replenish the minesweepers on both sides and to move the minesweepers. As a supply peculiar to the mine sweeper tender, there were cables such as the mine sweeper tender, which were wound around the reels on both sides of the rear upper structure. A workshop, forging room, electrical maintenance room, and accessory warehouse are set up inside the ship to repair parts of the main engine of the minesweeper and the minesweeper generator, and to adjust the radar and mine detector. A recompression chamber was also installed in case the underwater diver suffered from decompression sickness. [4]

Construction and career

Hayase was laid down on 16 September 1970 and launched on 21 June 1971 by IHI Corporation Tokyo Shipyard. She was commissioned on 6 November 1971 and was incorporated into the 1st Mine Warfare Force as a flagship and deployed to Kure.

In 1988, she replaced two 20mm single-barreled machine guns with two JM61-M 20mm multi-barreled machine guns.

In April 1991, she was dispatched as the flagship of the minesweeper to the post-Gulf War Persian Gulf minesweeping mission, which was the first overseas dispatch of the Self-Defense Forces after the war, and engaged in command and support missions for minesweepers.

On 20 March 1998, she was reclassified as a mission ship and her registration number changed to ASU-7020. She was transferred to the 1st Submarine Group as a ship under direct control.

Due to aging and obsolescence of equipment and Uraga-class mine countermeasure vessel began construction and service. Hayase was decommissioned on 11 December 2002 after the commissioning of JDS Bungo. Her total itinerary during her commissioning is 414,164.1 nautical miles, about 20 laps of the globe.

Her anchor is preserved at Kotohira Shrine.

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References

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  2. ↑ Takao, Ishibashi (2002). 図解海上自衛隊全艦船1952‐2002―海自創設50年史. Japan: 並木書房.
  3. ↑ Tsunehide, Mori (1991). 5. 掃海母艦と機雷敷設艦, 続 艦船メカニズム図鑑. Japan: グランプリ出版. pp. 198–215.
  4. 1 2 Minutes of the 91st House of Representatives Budget Committee Meeting No. 6
  5. ↑ Wertheim, Eric (2007). Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems. Naval Institute Press. ISBN   9781591149552.
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