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]

JS Hatakaze on 25 July 2009
History
Japan
Name	Hatakaze (はたかぜ)
Namesake	Hatakaze (1942)
Builder	Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Laid down	20 May 1983
Launched	9 November 1984
Commissioned	27 March 1986
Homeport	Yokosuka
Identification	MMSI number: 431999503 Pennant number: DDG-171
Status	Active
Notes	Training vessel, 19 March 2020
General characteristics
Class and type	Hatakaze-class destroyer
Displacement	4674 tons standard 6096 tons full load
Length	492.1 ft (150.0 m)
Beam	53.9 ft (16.4 m)
Draft	15.8 ft (4.8 m)
Propulsion	2 x Kawasaki/Rolls-Royce Spey SM1A gas turbines 2 x Rolls-Royce Olympus gas turbines 2 x shafts 72,000 shp (54,000 kW)
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement	260
Sensors and processing systems	AN/SPS-52 air-search radar OPS-11C air-search radar
Armament	2 x 5 in (130 mm) 54 caliber Mark 42 deck gun 8 x Harpoon ship-to-ship missiles 1 x SM-1MR Mk13 Mod4 ship-to-air missile launcher 1 x ASROC Mk112 octuple launcher (anti submarine) 2 x 20mm CIWS 2 x Type 68 triple torpedo tubes
Aviation facilities	1 × 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]

Gallery

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

See also

• List of active Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships

References

External links

• Military Factory