JS Akizuki

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JS Akizuki
History
Naval Ensign of Japan.svgJapan
Name
  • Akizuki
  • (あきづき)
Namesake Akizuki (1959)
Ordered2007
Builder Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Laid down17 July 2009
Launched13 October 2010
Commissioned14 March 2012
Homeport Sasebo
IdentificationDD-115
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and type Akizuki-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 5,000 tonnes standard
  • 6,800 tonnes full load
Length150.5 m (493 ft 9 in)
Beam18.3 m (60 ft 0 in)
Draft5.3 m (17 ft 5 in)
Depth10.9 m (35 ft 9 in)
Propulsion COGAG, two shafts, four Rolls-Royce Spey SM1C turbines
Speed30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement200
Sensors and
processing systems
  • ATECS (advanced technology command system)
  • OYQ-11 ACDS
  • FCS-3A AAW system
  • OQQ-22 ASW system
  • NOLQ-3D EW system
  • OPS-20C surface search radar
Armament
Aircraft carried1 × SH-60K helicopter

JS Akizuki (DD-115) is the lead ship of Akizuki-class destroyers. She was commissioned on 14 March 2012.

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Construction and career

Akizuki was laid down at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works on July 17, 2009, as the 2007 plan 5,000-ton type escort ship No. 2244 based on the medium-term defense capability development plan, launched and named on October 13, 2010. Launch, the public trial started on July 28, 2011, commissioned on March 14, 2012, and was incorporated into the 5th escort group of the 1st escort group. The fixed port is Sasebo base. [1]

On July 5, 2015, as the 22nd dispatched anti-piracy action surface corps, sailed from Sasebo base to the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia with JS Sawagiri. [2] [3]

On April 18, 2021, she departed from Sasebo base as the 5th dispatch information gathering activity water squadron. In addition to conducting PCR tests on all crew members, we plan to conduct training, etc. for 14 days in the waters near Japan, observe the health of the crew members, and then advance toward the Middle East. Take over the mission from "Suzunami".

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References

  1. ↑ MSN産経ニュース新型護衛艦「あきづき」進水に歓声、三菱重工長崎造船所2010年10月13日
  2. ↑ "Joint Staff Press Release: アデン湾における派遣海賊対処行動に従事した艦艇の入港について（お知らせ）" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "Joint Staff Press Release: 派遣海賊対処行動水上部隊の交代について（お知らせ）" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 July 2015.



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