JS Shimakaze (DDG-172) is the second ship of the Hatakaze-class guided missile destroyers built for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).

JS Shimakaze firing in a gunnery exercise on 21 December 2015
History
Japan
Name	Shimakaze (しまかぜ)
Namesake	Shimakaze (1942)
Builder	Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Laid down	13 January 1985
Launched	30 January 1987
Commissioned	23 March 1988
Reclassified	TV-3521
Homeport	Maizuru
Identification	MMSI number: 431999525 Pennant number: DDG-172
Status	Active
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

Shimikaze was laid down on the 13 January 1985 in Mitsubishi shipyard in Nagasaki. She was launched on 30 January 1987, and commissioned on 23 March 1988.[1]

On 23 November 2017, Shimakaze, JS Kaga, JS Ise, JS Teruzuki and JS Samidare from Japan participated in the search and rescue of a crashed C-2A Orion from the US 7th Fleet.[2]

HMCS Ottawa, JS Chōkai and Shimakaze participated in a bilateral exercise between the Royal Canadian Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force on 16 October 2019.[3]

On 30 March 2020, Shimakaze was damaged in a collision with a Chinese fishing vessel in the East China Sea.[4][5]

Gallery

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  USS Essex, JS Shimakaze, JS Kongō, JS Amagiri and JS Natusio docked at Okinawa on 28 February 2003.
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  Shimakaze on 3 June 2007.
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  4 November 2011, Shimakaze in formation ahead of USS Curtis Wilbur.
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  Shimakaze moored alongside HMAS Warramunga and HMAS Perth on 1 September 2012.
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  Shimakaze's stern on 10 June 2017.

See also

• List of active Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships

References

External links

• Military Factory