:JS Ariake (DD-109)
{{short description|Destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force}}
{{Other ships|Japanese destroyer Ariake}}
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image=File:Ariake (DD 109) pulls into Pearl Harbor.jpg | Ship caption=JS Ariake on 23 June 2006 }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country= Japan | Ship flag= {{Shipboxflag|Japan|naval}} | Ship name= *Ariake
| Ship namesake= | Ship ordered=1997 | Ship awarded= | Ship builder=Mitsubishi, Kobe | Ship original cost= | Ship yard number= | Ship way number= | Ship laid down= 18 May 1999 | Ship launched= 16 October 2000 | Ship sponsor= | Ship christened= | Ship completed= | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned= 6 March 2002 | Ship decommissioned= | Ship renamed= | Ship reclassified= | Ship refit= | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship homeport= Sasebo | Ship identification=*{{MMSI Number|431999655}}
| Ship motto= | Ship nickname= | Ship honours= | Ship fate= | Ship status= Active | Ship notes= | Ship badge= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship class={{sclass|Murasame|destroyer | |1994}}
|Ship displacement=* 4,550 tons standard,
|Ship length= {{convert|151|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship beam= {{convert|17.4|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship draft={{convert|5.2|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship propulsion=*2 × IHI-GE LM2500 gas turbines |Ship speed= {{convert|30|kn|mph km/h|lk=in}} |Ship range= |Ship endurance= |Ship complement=165 |Ship sensors=
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|Ship armor= |Ship aircraft= 1 × SH-60J/K anti-submarine helicopter |Ship aircraft facilities= |Ship notes= }} |
JS Ariake (DD-109) (ありあけ) is the ninth ship of {{sclass|Murasame|destroyer|||1994}}s. She was commissioned on 6 March 2002.{{Cite web|title=DD-101 Murasame Class|url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/japan/murasame.htm|access-date=2020-11-01|website=www.globalsecurity.org}}
Design
The hull design was completely renovated from first-generation DDs. In addition to increasing the size in order to reduce the underwater radiation noise, both superstructure and hull was inclined to reduce the radar cross-section. There is however no angled tripod mainmast like the one of the American {{sclass|Arleigh Burke|destroyer|1}} because of the heavy weather of the Sea of Japan in winter. The aft was designed like a "mini-Oranda-zaka" as with the {{sclass|Kongō|destroyer|4}} to avoid interference between helicopters and mooring devices.{{Sfn|Abe|2000|pp=152-157}} Destroyers built under the First Defense Build-up Plan, including the former {{sclass|Murasame|destroyer|4||1958}}, adopted a unique long forecastle style called "Oranda-zaka".
The engine arrangement is COGAG as same as Asagiri class, but a pair of engines are updated to Spey SM1C. And the remaining one pair are replaced by LM2500, same as Kongō class.{{Sfn|Abe|2000|pp=152-157}}
Construction and career
Ariake was laid down on 18 May 1999 at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Kobe as part of the 1997 plan and launched on 16 October 2000. Commissioned on 6 March 2002, the vessel was incorporated into the 6th Escort Corps of the 2nd Escort Corps and deployed to Sasebo.
On 13 September 2020, she departed from Sasebo base for the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia as the 37th dispatched anti-piracy action water squadron.{{cite press release |url=https://www.mod.go.jp/js/Press/press2020/press_pdf/p20200828_01.pdf |title=派遣海賊対処行動水上部隊の交代について |publisher=Ministry of Defense Japan |language=ja |access-date=20 March 2022}}
The ship participated in Exercise Malabar 2024 which was held from 8 to 18 October.{{Cite web |date=2024-10-18 |title=CLOSING CEREMONY OF MALABAR 2024 |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2066287 |access-date=2024-10-19 |website=Press Information Bureau}}
Gallery
File:JDS Ariake DD109.jpg|JS Ariake underway on 16 November 2002
File:JS Ariake departs Pearl Harbor, -5 Jul. 2006 a.jpg|JS Ariake entering Pearl Harbor on 5 July 2006
File:USS BULKELEY (DDG 84) 131211-N-IG780-002 (11962718396).jpg|JS Ariake in the Gulf of Oman on 11 December 2013
File:USS BULKELEY (DDG 84) 131211-N-IG780-105 (11962179793).jpg|JS Ariake in the Gulf of Oman on 11 December 2013
File:JMSDF Ariake(DD-109）＆Armada Española Castilla (L-52).jpg|JS Ariake with the Spanish landing ship dock {{ship|Spanish ship|Castilla|L52|2}} in 2021
Citations
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References
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- {{Cite journal|first=Yasuo|last=Abe|date=July 2000|title=History of JMSDF Destroyers|journal=Ships of the World|issue=571|publisher=Kaijinn-sha|language=Japanese|id={{NAID|40002155847}}}}
- {{Cite journal|first=Heihachiro |last=Fujiki|date=August 2003|title=Development of multi-purpose DDs for "8-8 escort flotilla|journal=Ships of the World|language=Japanese|publisher=Kaijinn-sha|issue=614|pages=94–99}}
- Saunders, Stephen. IHS Jane's Fighting Ships 2013-2014. Jane's Information Group (2003). {{ISBN|0710630484}}
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Category:Murasame-class destroyers (1994)
Category:Ships built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
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