JS Hatakaze (DDG-171)

JS Hatakaze (DDG-171) 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]

For other ships with the same name, see Japanese destroyer Hatakaze.

JS Hatakaze on 25 July 2009
History
Japan
Name
  • Hatakaze
  • (はたかぜ)
NamesakeHatakaze (1942)
BuilderMitsubishi, Nagasaki
Laid down20 May 1983
Launched9 November 1984
Commissioned27 March 1986
HomeportYokosuka
Identification
StatusActive
NotesTraining vessel, 19 March 2020
General characteristics
Class and type Hatakaze-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 4674 tons standard
  • 6096 tons full load
Length492.1 ft (150.0 m)
Beam53.9 ft (16.4 m)
Draft15.8 ft (4.8 m)
Propulsion
Speed30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement260
Sensors and
processing systems
Armament
Aviation facilities1 × SH-60K helicopter

Construction and career

She was laid down on the 20 May 1983 in Mitsubishi shipyard in Nagasaki. She was launched on 9 November 1984, and commissioned on 27 March 1986.[2]

May 31, 1994, JS Kurama, JS Kongō, JS Asagiri, JS Yūgiri, JS Amagiri, JS Hamagiri, JS Sawagiri, JS Tokiwa and JS Takashio departed from Yokosuka base and participated in the Pacific Rim Joint Exercise (RIMPAC) held in the waters around Hawaii from June 23 to July 6.

She was converted to a training vessel on March 19, 2020. On 18 August, a JMSDF MCH-101 helicopter successfully landed and took off from Hatakaze.[3]

From February 9 to March 16, 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.[4] On February 28, during his participation, he conducted joint training with USS Theodore Roosevelt and USS Bunker Hill in the sea and airspace around Guam.[5]

  • JDS Hatakaze in San Diego on 1 July 1994
  • JS Hatakaze and JS Sawakaze 9 December 2007
  • JS Hatakaze on 23 September 2011
  • JS Hatakaze on 29 May 2020

See also

References
  1. "JS Hatakaze (DDG-171)". militaryfactory.com. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  2. "JS Hatakaze-class ship list". globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  3. "JMSDF MCH-101 helicopter successfully conducts landing and takeoff on Hatakaze destroyer". www.navyrecognition.com. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  4. https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/202102/20210202.pdf
  5. https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/202103/20210303.pdf
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