JDS Sawakaze
{{short description|Tachikaze-class guided missile destroyer}}
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{{other ships|Japanese destroyer Sawakaze}}
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}} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = DDG170sawakaze.jpg | Ship caption = JS Sawakaze in Yokosuka on 1 January 2009. }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = Japan | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Japan|naval}} | Ship name = * Sawakaze
| Ship namesake = Sawakaze (1919) | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = Mitsubishi, Nagasaki | Ship laid down = 14 September 1979 | Ship launched = 4 June 1981 | Ship acquired = | Ship commissioned = 30 March 1983 | Ship homeport = * Sasebo (1976-1995)
| Ship decommissioned = 25 June 2010 | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship identification = * Pennant number: DDG-170 | Ship honours = | Ship fate = Scrapped, April 2011 | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship type = Tachikaze-class destroyer | Ship displacement = * {{convert|3850|LT|t|lk=in}} standard
| Ship length = {{convert|143|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|14.3|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship draft = * {{convert|4.6|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| Ship propulsion = * 2 × Mitsubishi steam turbines, {{convert|60000|hp|kW|lk=in|abbr=on}}
| Ship speed = {{convert|32|kn|mph km/h|lk=in}} | Ship range = | Ship endurance = | Ship complement = 250; 230 (DDG168); 255 (DDG170) | Ship sensors = | Ship EW = | Ship armament = * 2 × 5"/54 caliber Mark 42 gun (DDG168 ×1)
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JS Sawakaze (DDG-170) was the third ship of the {{sclass|Tachikaze|destroyer}}s built for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).
Development
The {{sclass|Tachikaze|destroyer}}s were designed almost exclusively as anti-aircraft platforms. No helicopter facilities are provided, and the ASW armament is confined to ASROC missiles and Mk 46 torpedoes. In order to save on construction costs the class adopted the propulsion plant and machinery of the {{sclass|Haruna|destroyer}}s.{{Cite web|title=Tachikaze class - Anti-air warfare destroyer|url=http://www.military-today.com/navy/tachikaze_class.htm|access-date=2020-09-20|archive-date=10 March 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090310182449if_/http://www.military-today.com/navy/tachikaze_class.htm|url-status=usurped}}
Construction and career
She was laid down on the 14 September 1979 in Mitsubishi shipyard in Nagasaki. She was launched on 4 June 1981, and commissioned on 30 March 1983.
She participated in the Exercise RIMPAC 1984.
From April 25 to July 13, 1985, she participated in the US dispatch training with the escort vessels {{ship|JS|Shirane||2}} and {{ship|JDS|Asakaze|DDG-169|2}}.
She participated in the Exercise RIMPAC events in 1986, 1988, 1990 and 1992.
From June 15 to September 5, 1995, she participated in the US dispatch training with {{ship|JS|Haruna||2}} and three P-3C aircraft.
On February 13, 2002, based on the Act on Special Measures Against Terrorism, dispatched to the Indian Ocean along with Haruna and the supply ship {{ship|JS|Tokiwa|AOE-423|2}}. She was engaged in missions until June of the same year, and returned to Sasebo on July 5.
On March 15, 2007, she became a ship under the direct control of the escort fleet and the honeport was transferred to Yokosuka. She succeeded {{ship|JDS|Tachikaze|DDG-168|2}} and assumed the role of the flagship of the 5th escort fleet, but was not modified in particular.
On June 25, 2010, she was decommissioned along with the escort ship {{ship|JS|Hatsuyuki||2}} to the Yokosuka District Chief, Sadayoshi Matsuoka, and retired. The total nautical mile was 691,913 nautical miles (about 1.28 million kilometers).{{cite web|title=DDG 170 JDS Sawakaze|url=http://www.seaforces.org/marint/Japan-Maritime-Self-Defense-Force/Destroyer/Tachikaze-class_DAT/DDG-170-JDS-Sawakaze.htm|access-date=2020-09-20|website=www.seaforces.org}}
In April 2011, she was dismantled at Etajima.
References
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External links
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