JS Ariake (DD-109)

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Ariake (DD 109) pulls into Pearl Harbor.jpg
JS Ariake on 23 June 2006
History
Naval Ensign of Japan.svgJapan
Name
  • Ariake
  • (ありあけ)
Ordered1997
Builder Mitsubishi, Kobe
Laid down18 May 1999
Launched16 October 2000
Commissioned6 March 2002
Homeport Sasebo
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 (35 mph; 56 km/h)
Complement165
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Armament
Aircraft carried1 × SH-60J/K anti-submarine helicopter

JS Ariake (DD-109) (ありあけ) is the ninth ship of Murasame-class destroyers. She was commissioned on 6 March 2002. [1]

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Design

The hull design was completely renovated from first-generation DDs. In addition to increasing the size in order to reduce the underwater radiation noise, both superstructure and hull was 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. And the remaining one pair are replaced by LM2500, same as Kongō class. [2]

Construction and career

Ariake was laid down on 18 May 1999 at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Kobe as part of the 1997 plan and launched on 16 October 2000. Commissioned on 6 March 2002, the vessel was incorporated into the 6th Escort Corps of the 2nd Escort Corps and deployed to Sasebo.

On 13 September 2020, she departed from Sasebo base for the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia as the 37th dispatched anti-piracy action water squadron. [3]

The ship participated in Exercise Malabar 2024 which was held from 8 to 18 October. [4]

Citations

  1. ↑ "DD-101 Murasame Class". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  2. 1 2 Abe 2000, pp. 152–157.
  3. ↑ "派遣海賊対処行動水上部隊の交代について" (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese). Ministry of Defense Japan. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "CLOSING CEREMONY OF MALABAR 2024". Press Information Bureau . 18 October 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.

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