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Destroyer JS Suzunami (DD-114)

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Classification

Ship class:
Takanami-class destroyer
Type:
Destroyer

Basic information

Namesake:
Breaking Waves
Operator:
Japan Maritime Self-Defense ForceJapan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Country of build:
Builder:
Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd (IHI Corporation)
Laid down:
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Status:
Active
MMSI number:
431999684

Ship measurements

Displacement:
4,725 t
Length:
151 m
Beam:
17.4 m
Draft:
5.3 m

Machine

Propulsion system:
COGAG
Propulsion:
  • 2 * Ishikawajima Harima LM-2500 gas turbines
  • 2 * Kawasaki Rolls Royce Spey SM1C gas turbines
  • Total 60,000 shp (45 MW)
  • 2 * shafts
Speed:
30 knots

Personnel

Complement:
175

Combat assets

Electronics:
  • OPS-25B Radar
  • OPS-28D Surface Search Radar
  • OPS-20 Navigational Radar
  • OQS-5 Sonar
  • UQR-2 Towed Sonar
  • Type 81 Fire Control System
  • NOLQ-3 ECM system
  • 4 * Mk137 chaff dispensers
Armament:
  • 1 * Otobreda 127 mm/54 gun
  • 2 * missile canister up to 8 Type 90 (SSM-1B)
  • 2 * 20 mm Phalanx CIWS
  • 2 * Type 68 triple torpedo tubes
  • VLS Mk 41 (32 cells)
  • Evolved Sea Sparrow SAM
  • RUM-139 VL ASROC
Aircraft:
  • 1 * SH-60J(K) anti-submarine helicopter

JS Suzunami is the fifth vessel of the Takanami-class destroyers of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).

Suzunami was authorized under the Medium-term defense buildup plan of 1996, and was built by IHI Marine United shipyards in Yokohama. She was laid down on 24 September 2003 and launched on 26 August 2004. The destroyer was commissioned into service on 16 February 2006, and was initially assigned to the JMSDF Escort Flotilla 3 based at Maizuru, Kyoto.

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