JS Fuyuzuki
{{short description|Destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force}}
{{Other ships|Japanese destroyer Fuyuzuki}}
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JS Fuyuzuki (DD-118) is the fourth ship of {{sclass|Akizuki|destroyer (2010)|0}} destroyers. She was commissioned on 13 March 2014.
Construction and career
Fuyuzuki was laid down at Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Tamano Works on 14 June 2011 as the 2009 plan 5,000-ton type escort ship No. 2247 based on the medium-term defense capability development plan, and launched on August 22, 2012.
Commissioned on 13 March 2014, she was transferred to the 7th Escort Corps of the 3rd Escort Corps and deployed to Maizuru.
The construction cost of Fuyuzuki was about 72.6 billion yen, and since she was the first escort ship to be built in 17 years since {{JS|Harusame||2}} at Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, they called on retirees and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries workers to build and decorate the ship.{{Cite web |title=三井造船玉野事業所で１７年ぶり護衛艦建造 |trans-title=三井造船玉野事業所で１７年ぶり護衛艦建造 |language=ja |url=https://www.sanpo-pub.co.jp/topnews/2012/0905013273.html |access-date=2020-10-29 |website=Sanpoweb |archive-date=11 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811182228/http://www.sanpo-pub.co.jp/topnews/2012/0905013273.html |url-status=dead }}
The predecessor destroyer {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Fuyutsuki||2}} was built at the Maizuru Naval Arsenal, and at the ceremony when she arrived at Maizuru, the captain{{Who|date=January 2025}} said Fuyuzuki has returned to Maizuru for the first time in 70 years.{{Cite news |url=https://www.kyoto-np.co.jp/politics/article/20140317000140 |title=新造艦「ふゆづき」、舞鶴に入港 |trans-title=Newly built ship "Fuyuzuki" enters Maizuru port |language=ja |access-date=29 October 2020 |archive-date=28 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328081647/http://kyoto-np.co.jp/politics/article/20140317000140 |url-status=dead }}
Fuyuzuki participated in the US-India joint maritime training (Malabar 2015) held in the waters east of India from 26 September to 10 November 2015.{{cite web |title=米印主催海上共同訓練（マラバール２０１５）への参加について |trans-title=Participation in India-U.S. Joint Maritime Exercise (Malabar 2015) |language=ja |url=https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/info/news/201509/20150925-02.pdf |website=Japan Ministry of Defense |access-date=13 August 2022 |archive-date=8 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108140639/https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/info/news/201509/20150925-02.pdf |url-status=dead }}
From 26 August to 18 October, 2016, she participated in the Australian Navy-sponsored multilateral maritime joint training in the waters around Darwin, Australia.{{cite web |title=豪州海軍主催多国間海上共同訓練（カカドゥ１６）への参加について |trans-title=Participation in Multilateral Joint Maritime Exercise (Kakadu 16) Hosted by Australian Navy |language=ja |url=https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/info/news/201608/20160826-01.pdf |website=Japan Ministry of Defense |access-date=13 August 2022 |archive-date=21 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021144534/http://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/info/news/201608/20160826-01.pdf |url-status=dead }}
On 11 October 2016, the 3rd Escort Group was reorganized into the 3rd Escort Corps.
From 26 February to 22 March 2018, she was dispatched to Guam as a 2017 US training, and conducted offshore training in collaboration with the US Navy. From 8 to 14 March, the ship participated in Multi-Sale 2018 and fight against air with the U.S. Navy missile cruiser {{USS|Antietam|CG-54|2}}, and destroyers {{USS|Curtis Wilbur||2}}, {{USS|Benfold||2}}, and {{USS|Mustin|DDG-89|2}}, conducting anti-water warfare, anti-submarine warfare, shooting training, etc.{{cite web |title=平成２８年度外洋練習航海（飛行）について |trans-title=About the 2016 open sea training voyage (flight) |language=ja |url=https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/info/news/201703/20170314-02.pdf |website=Japan Ministry of Defense |access-date=13 August 2022 |archive-date=8 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108140630/https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/info/news/201703/20170314-02.pdf |url-status=dead }}
From 8 to 16 June of the same year, she participated in the Japan-US-India Joint Training (Malabar 2018) conducted on Guam Island and the sea and airspace around the island. In addition to Fuyuzuki, the participating units are the escort vessels {{JS|Ise||2}} and {{JS|Suzunami||2}}, five onboard aircraft, the submarine {{JS|Sōryū||2}}, and two P-1 patrol aircraft.{{cite web |title=マルチセール２０１８への参加について |trans-title=Participation in Multisail 2018 |language=ja |url=https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/201803/20180306-02.pdf |website=Japan Ministry of Defense |access-date=13 August 2022 |archive-date=8 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108140636/https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/201803/20180306-02.pdf |url-status=dead }}
In addition, from 16 to 23 June 2018, Fuyuzuki and Suzunami conducted joint cruise training with the US Navy in the sea and airspace from around Guam to the south of Okinawa. From the US Navy, the aircraft carrier {{USS|Ronald Reagan||2}} and several other ships participated.
From 8 to 16 November of the same year, Fuyuzuki joined a joint cruise training with several ships including the US Navy aircraft carriers Ronald Reagan and {{USS|John C. Stennis||2}} in the sea and airspace from the south of Shikoku to the area around Okinawa.{{cite web |title=日米共同巡航訓練の実施について |trans-title=Implementation of Japan-U.S. joint cruise training |language=ja |url=https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/201806/20180625.pdf |website=Japan Ministry of Defense |access-date=13 August 2022 |archive-date=8 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108140616/https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/201806/20180625.pdf |url-status=dead }}
From 24 October to 2 November 2019, Fuyuzuki participated in a Japan-US joint training with the Ronald Reagan and several other ships in the sea and airspace from southern Okinawa to southern Kanto.{{cite web |title=日米共同訓練について |trans-title=Japan-U.S. Joint Exercise |language=ja |url=https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/201911/20191102.pdf |website=Japan Ministry of Defense |access-date=13 August 2022 |archive-date=10 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191110120950/https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/201911/20191102.pdf |url-status=dead }}
Gallery
File:INS Shakti, JS Fuyuzuki and JS Ise during Malabar 2018.jpg|{{INS|Shakti|A57|2}}, Fuyuzuki and Ise during Malabar 2018.
File:Indian Naval Ships Sahyadri, Shakti and Kamorta of the Eastern Fleet underway to Guam to participate in Malabar 2018.jpg|Shakti, Fuyuzuki and Ise during Malabar 2018.
References
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