JS Akebono (DD-108)

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JS Akebono at Pearl Harbor in 2010
History
Naval Ensign of Japan.svgJapan
Name
  • Akebono
  • (あけぼの)
Ordered1997
Builder IHI Corporation, Tokyo
Laid down29 October 1999
Launched25 September 2000
Commissioned19 March 2002
Homeport Kure
Identification
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and type Murasame-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 4,550 tons standard,
  • 6,200 tons hull load
Length151 m (495 ft 5 in)
Beam17.4 m (57 ft 1 in)
Draft5.2 m (17 ft 1 in)
Propulsion
Speed30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement165
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Armament
Aircraft carried1 × SH-60J/K anti-submarine helicopter

JS Akebono (DD-108) is the eighth ship of Murasame-class destroyers. She was commissioned on 19 March 2002. [1]

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Design

The hull design was completely renovated from first-generation destroyers. In addition to increasing the size in order to reduce the underwater radiation noise, both the superstructure and hull were inclined to reduce the radar cross-section. There is however no angled tripod mainmast like the one of the American Arleigh Burke-class destroyer because of the heavy weather of the Sea of Japan in winter. The aft was designed like a "mini-Oranda-zaka" as with the Kongō class to avoid interference between helicopters and mooring devices. [2] Destroyers built under the First Defense Build-up Plan, including the former Murasame class, adopted a unique long forecastle style called "Oranda-zaka".

The engine arrangement is COGAG as same as Asagiri class, but a pair of engines are updated to Spey SM1C. The remaining one pair were replaced with LM2500 versions, same as in the Kongō class. [2]

Construction and career

Akebono was laid down on 29 October 1999 at IHI Corporation Tokyo as the 1997 plan and launched on 25 September 2000. The vessel was commissioned on 19 March 2002, and was incorporated into the 4th Escort Corps and deployed to Kure.

In June 2019, Akebono was dispatched to additionally participate in the 2019 Indo-Pacific dispatch training in which the vessels JS Izumo and JS Murasame were participating. The destroyer conducted joint training with the navies of each country in the Indo-Pacific region during the deployment. [3]

On 7 April 2024, Akebono conducted a joint patrol in the South China Sea with BRP Antonio Luna and BRP Valentin Diaz of the Philippine Navy, USS Mobile of the US Navy, and HMAS Warramunga of the Royal Australian Navy. This marked the first multinational patrol among the nations. [4]

Citations

  1. ↑ "DD-101 Murasame Class". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  2. 1 2 Abe 2000, pp. 152–157.
  3. ↑ "\平成３１年度インド太平洋方面派遣訓練の実施について" (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese). Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  4. ↑ Lariosa, Aaron-Matthew (7 April 2024). "U.S., Japanese and Australian Warships Join Philippine Forces in South China Sea Patrol". USNI News. Retrieved 23 April 2024.

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