JS Kirisame

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JS Kirisame on 19 November 2008
History
Naval Ensign of Japan.svgJapan
Name
  • Kirisame
  • (きりさめ)
Namesake Kirisame
Ordered1994
Builder Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Laid down3 April 1996
Launched21 August 1997
Commissioned18 March 1999
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 (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement165
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Armament
Aircraft carried1 × SH-60J/K anti-submarine helicopter

JS Kirisame (DD-104) is the fourth ship of Murasame-class destroyers of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). She was commissioned on 18 March 1999. [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. However, there is no angled tripod mainmast like that 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 in the Asagiri class, but a pair of engines were updated to Spey SM1C. The remaining pair were replaced by LM2500, as in the Kongō class. [2]

Construction and career

Kirisame was laid down on 3 April 1996 at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki as the 1994 plan and launched on 21 August 1997. Commissioned on 18 March 1999, was incorporated into the 6th Escort Corps of the 2nd Escort Corps and deployed to Sasebo.

On 10 May 2020, he departed from Sasebo base for the Middle East as the second dispatch information gathering activity water squadron. [3] On 9 June, the same year after arriving at the site, he took over the mission from JS Takanami and started information gathering activities. On 6 October, the same year, she took over the mission of JS Murasame of the 3rd party. On 26 October, the same year, the vessel returned to Sasebo base. [4] From 19 to 20 October of the same year, Japan-US-Australia joint training was conducted with USS John S. McCain and HMAS Arunta in the South China Sea. [5]

On 31 May 2022, the JMSDF issued a press release on the Indo-Pacific Deployment (IPD) and ship deployments, stating that Kirisame, the Takanami-class destroyer Takanami and the Izumo-class multi-purpose destroyer Izumo were deployed to RIMPAC 2022. [6]

Citations

  1. ↑ "DD-101 Murasame Class". globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  2. 1 2 Abe 2000, pp. 152–157.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 June 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ↑ "日米豪共同訓練について" (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese). Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  6. ↑ "Japan sending its largest naval vessel to RIMPAC". June 2022.

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