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 (DDG-171) at Port of Sakaisenboku
History
Japan
Name:	JS Hatakaze
Laid down:	20 May 1983
Launched:	9 November 1984
Commissioned:	27 March 1986
Homeport:	Yokosuka
Identification:	MMSI number: 431999503
Status:	in active service
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
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

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] She was converted to a training vessel on March 19, 2020.

See also

• List of active Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships
• List of naval ship classes in service

References

1. "JS Hatakaze (DDG-171)". militaryfactory.com. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
2. "JS Hatakaze-class ship list". globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 6 September 2019.

External links

• Military Factory