JDS Sawakaze

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JS Sawakaze in Yokosuka on 1 January 2009.
History
Naval Ensign of Japan.svgJapan
Name
  • Sawakaze
  • (さわかぜ)
Namesake Sawakaze (1919)
Builder Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Laid down14 September 1979
Launched4 June 1981
Commissioned30 March 1983
Decommissioned25 June 2010
Homeport
Identification Pennant number: DDG-170
Fate Scrapped, April 2011
General characteristics
Type Tachikaze-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 3,850 long tons (3,910 t) standard
  • 3,950 long tons (4,010 t) (DDG170)
Length143 m (469 ft 2 in)
Beam14.3 m (46 ft 11 in)
Draft
  • 4.6 m (15 ft 1 in)
  • 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) (DDG170)
Propulsion
Speed32 knots (37 mph; 59 km/h)
Complement250; 230 (DDG168); 255 (DDG170)
Armament

JS Sawakaze (DDG-170) was the third ship of the Tachikaze-class destroyers built for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).

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Development

The Tachikaze-class destroyers were designed almost exclusively as anti-aircraft platforms. No helicopter facilities are provided, and the ASW armament is confined to ASROC missiles and Mk 46 torpedoes. In order to save on construction costs the class adopted the propulsion plant and machinery of the Haruna-class destroyers. [1]

Construction and career

She was laid down on the 14 September 1979 in Mitsubishi shipyard in Nagasaki. She was launched on 4 June 1981, and commissioned on 30 March 1983.

She participated in the Exercise RIMPAC 1984.

From April 25 to July 13, 1985, she participated in the US dispatch training with the escort vessels Shirane and Asakaze.

She participated in the Exercise RIMPAC events in 1986, 1988, 1990 and 1992.

From June 15 to September 5, 1995, she participated in the US dispatch training with Haruna and three P-3C aircraft.

On February 13, 2002, based on the Act on Special Measures Against Terrorism, dispatched to the Indian Ocean along with Haruna and the supply ship Tokiwa. She was engaged in missions until June of the same year, and returned to Sasebo on July 5.

On March 15, 2007, she became a ship under the direct control of the escort fleet and the honeport was transferred to Yokosuka. She succeeded Tachikaze and assumed the role of the flagship of the 5th escort fleet, but was not modified in particular.

On June 25, 2010, she was decommissioned along with the escort ship Hatsuyuki to the Yokosuka District Chief, Sadayoshi Matsuoka, and retired. The total nautical mile was 691,913 nautical miles (about 1.28 million kilometers). [2]

In April 2011, she was dismantled at Etajima.

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References

  1. ↑ "Tachikaze Class Anti-Air Warfare Destroyer | Military-Today.com". www.military-today.com. Archived from the original on 10 March 2009. Retrieved 20 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ↑ "DDG 170 JDS Sawakaze". www.seaforces.org. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
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