JS Fuyuzuki

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JS Fuyuzuki on 11 January 2023.
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Naval Ensign of Japan.svgJapan
Name
  • Fuyuzuki
  • (ふゆづき)
Namesake Fuyuzuki (1944)
Ordered2009
Builder Mitsui, Tamano
Laid down14 June 2011
Launched22 August 2012
Commissioned13 March 2014
Homeport Maizuru
IdentificationDD-118
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 Fuyuzuki (DD-118) is the fourth ship of Akizuki-class destroyers. She was commissioned on 13 March 2014.

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Construction and career

Fuyuzuki was laid down at Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Tamano Works on June 14, 2011 as the 2009 plan 5,000-ton type escort ship No. 2247 based on the medium-term defense capability development plan, and launched on August 22, 2012.

Commissioned on March 13, 2014, it was transferred to the 7th Escort Corps of the 3rd Escort Corps and deployed to Maizuru.

The construction cost of Fuyuzuki was about 72.6 billion yen, and since it was the first escort ship to be built in 17 years since JS Harusame at Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, they called on retirees and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries workers to build and dress it up. [1]

The predecessor destroyer Fuyutsuki was built at the Maizuru Naval Arsenal, and at the ceremony when he arrived at Maizuru, the captain said, Fuyuzuki has returned to Maizuru for the first time in 70 years. [2]

Participated in the US-India joint maritime training (Malabar 2015) held in the waters east of India from September 26 to November 10, 2015. [3]

Participated in the Australian Navy-sponsored multilateral maritime joint training in the waters around Darwin, Australia, from August 26 to October 18, 2016. [4]

On October 11, 2016, the 3rd Escort Group was reorganized into the 3rd Escort Corps.

From February 26 to March 22, 2018, she was dispatched to Guam as a 2017 US training, and conducted offshore training in collaboration with the US Navy. From March 8 to March 14, we will participate in Multi-Sale 2018 and fight against air with the U.S. Navy missile cruiser USS Antietam, USS Curtis Wilbur, USS Benfold, and USS Mustin. Conducted anti-water warfare, anti-submarine warfare, shooting training, etc. [5]

From June 8 to 16 of the same year, she participated in the Japan-US-India Joint Training (Malabar 2018) conducted on Guam Island and the sea and airspace around the island. In addition to Fuyuzuki, the participating units are the escort vessels JS Ise and JS Suzunami, five onboard aircraft, the submarine JS Sōryū, and two P-1 patrol aircraft. [6]

In addition, from June 16 to 23, joint cruise training with the US Navy was conducted with JS Suzunami in the sea and airspace from around Guam to the south of Okinawa. From the US Navy, the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan and several other ships participated.

From November 8 to 16 of the same year, joint cruise training was conducted with several ships including the US Navy aircraft carriers USS Ronald Reagan and USS John C. Stennis in the sea and airspace from the south of Shikoku to the area around Okinawa. [7]

From October 24 to November 2, 2019, Japan-US joint training was conducted with the USS Ronald Reagan and several other ships in the sea and airspace from southern Okinawa to southern Kanto. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "三井造船玉野事業所で１７年ぶり護衛艦建造" [三井造船玉野事業所で１７年ぶり護衛艦建造]. Sanpoweb (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 11 August 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  2. ↑ "新造艦「ふゆづき」、舞鶴に入港" [Newly built ship "Fuyuzuki" enters Maizuru port] (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 28 March 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  3. ↑ "米印主催海上共同訓練（マラバール２０１５）への参加について" [Participation in India-U.S. Joint Maritime Exercise (Malabar 2015)](PDF). Japan Ministry of Defense (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "豪州海軍主催多国間海上共同訓練（カカドゥ１６）への参加について" [Participation in Multilateral Joint Maritime Exercise (Kakadu 16) Hosted by Australian Navy](PDF). Japan Ministry of Defense (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "平成２８年度外洋練習航海（飛行）について" [About the 2016 open sea training voyage (flight)](PDF). Japan Ministry of Defense (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  6. ↑ "マルチセール２０１８への参加について" [Participation in Multisail 2018](PDF). Japan Ministry of Defense (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  7. ↑ "日米共同巡航訓練の実施について" [Implementation of Japan-U.S. joint cruise training](PDF). Japan Ministry of Defense (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  8. ↑ "日米共同訓練について" [Japan-U.S. Joint Exercise](PDF). Japan Ministry of Defense (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 November 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2022.


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