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Destroyer JS Akizuki (DD-115)

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Classification

Ship class:
Akizuki-class destroyer (2010)
Type:
Destroyer

Basic information

Namesake:
Autumn Moon
Operator:
Japan Maritime Self-Defense ForceJapan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Country of build:
Builder:
Mitsubishi Heavy IndustriesMitsubishi Heavy Industries
Laid down:
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Status:
Active

Ship measurements

Displacement:
5,000 t
Length:
150.5 m
Beam:
18.3 m
Draft:
5.3 m

Machine

Propulsion system:
COGAG
Propulsion:
  • 4 * Rolls Royce Spey SM1C turbines
  • 2 shafts
Speed:
30 knots

Personnel

Complement:
200

Combat assets

Electronics:
  • 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:
  • 1 * Mk. 45 Mod 4 127 mm (5 in)/54 gun
  • 8 * Type 90 Anti-ship missile
  • 2 * 20 mm Phalanx Block1B CIWS
  • 2 * HOS-303 triple 324 mm (12.8 in) torpedo tubes
  • Anti-Torpedo system
  • 32-cell Mk. 41 Vertical Launching System:
  • RIM-162 ESSM SAM
  • RUM-139 VL-ASROC
Aircraft:
  • 1 * SH-60K helicopter

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

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.

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.

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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