JS Hatakaze (DDG-171) on 25 July 2009 | |
History | |
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Japan | |
Name |
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Namesake | Hatakaze (1942) |
Builder | Mitsubishi, Nagasaki |
Laid down | 20 May 1983 |
Launched | 9 November 1984 |
Commissioned | 27 March 1986 |
Reclassified | Training vessel, 19 March 2020 |
Homeport | Yokosuka |
Identification |
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Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Hatakaze-class destroyer |
Displacement |
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Length | 492.1 ft (150.0 m) |
Beam | 53.9 ft (16.4 m) |
Draft | 15.8 ft (4.8 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
Complement | 260 |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Armament |
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Aviation facilities | 1 × SH-60K helicopter |
JS Hatakaze (DDG-171/TV-3520) is a Hatakaze-class guided missile destroyer built for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). Hatakaze was the first vessel completed of her class. She was the first JMSDF vessel to use gas turbine propulsion. [1]
Hatakaze was laid down on the 20 May 1983 at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries shipyard in Nagasaki. She was launched on 9 November 1984, and commissioned on 27 March 1986. [2]
On 31 May 1994, Hatakaze along with JS Kurama, Kongō, Asagiri, Yūgiri, Amagiri, Hamagiri, Sawagiri, Tokiwa and Takashio departed from Yokosuka Naval Base and participated in the RIMPAC 1994 exercise held in the waters around Hawaii from 23 June to 6 July.
She was converted to a training vessel on 19 March 2020 and was redesignated as TV-3520. [3] On 18 August, a JMSDF MCH-101 helicopter successfully landed and took off from Hatakaze. [4]
From 9 February to 16 March 2021, she participated in the open sea practice voyage of the 54th General Executive Candidate Course (internal course) students with the escort ship JS Yūgiri and the training ship JS Setoyuki. [5] On 28 February, Hatakaze conducted joint training with USS Theodore Roosevelt and USS Bunker Hill in the sea and airspace around Guam. [6]
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