JS Shimakaze
{{short description|Hatakaze-class guided missile destroyer}}
{{other ships|Japanese destroyer Shimakaze}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
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}} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = File:DDG-172 04l.jpg | Ship caption = JS Shimakaze (DDG-172) firing in a gunnery exercise on 21 December 2015 }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = Japan | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Japan|naval}} | Ship name = *Shimakaze
| Ship namesake =Shimakaze (1942) | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = Mitsubishi, Nagasaki | Ship laid down =13 January 1985 | Ship launched =30 January 1987 | Ship acquired = | Ship commissioned =23 March 1988 | Ship reclassified = Training vessel, 19 March 2021 | Ship homeport = Kure | Ship decommissioned = | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship identification = *{{MMSI Number|431999525}}
| Ship badge = | Ship honours = | Ship fate = | Ship status = Active | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = {{sclass|Hatakaze|destroyer}} | Ship displacement = *4674 tons standard
| Ship length = {{convert|492.1|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|53.9|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship draft = {{convert|15.8|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship propulsion = *2 x Kawasaki/Rolls-Royce Spey SM1A gas turbines
| Ship speed = {{convert|30|kn|lk=in}} | Ship range = | Ship complement = 260 | Ship sensors = *AN/SPS-52 air-search radar
| Ship EW = | Ship armament = *2 x {{convert|5|in|mm|abbr=on}} 54 caliber Mark 42 deck gun
| Ship aircraft facilities = 1 × SH-60K helicopter | Ship notes = }} |
JS Shimakaze (DDG-172/TV-3521) is the second ship of the {{sclass|Hatakaze|destroyer|0}} guided missile destroyers built for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). The ship was reclassified as a training ship in 2021.
Construction and career
Shimakaze was laid down on the 13 January 1985 at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries shipyard in Nagasaki. She was launched on 30 January 1987 and commissioned on 23 March 1988.Saunders 2015, p. 440
On 23 November 2017, Shimakaze, along with {{JS|Kaga}}, {{JS|Ise||2}}, {{JS|Teruzuki||2}}, and {{JS|Samidare||2}}, participated in the search and rescue of a crashed C-2A Greyhound from the United States Navy 7th Fleet.{{Cite web|date=2017-11-23|title=Search for 3 Sailors Missing After C-2A Crash in Philippine Sea Expands|url=https://news.usni.org/2017/11/23/philippine-sea-search-3-sailors-missing-c-2a-crash-expands |access-date=2020-09-20|website=USNI News|language=en-US}}
{{HMCS|Ottawa|FFH 341|6}}, {{JS|Chōkai}}, and Shimakaze participated in a bilateral exercise between the Royal Canadian Navy and the JMSDF on 16 October 2019.{{Cite web|date=2019-10-30|title=HMCS Ottawa participates in KAEDEX|url=https://www.lookoutnewspaper.com/hmcs-ottawa-participates-kaedex/ |access-date=2020-09-20|website=Pacific Navy News}}
On 30 March 2020, Shimakaze was damaged in a collision with a Chinese fishing vessel in the East China Sea.{{Cite web|title=Japanese destroyer is damaged in collision with Chinese fishing vessel in East China Sea|url=https://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/japanese-destroyer-is-damaged-in-collision-with-chinese-fishing-vessel-in-east-china-sea-1.624290 |access-date=2020-09-20|website=Stars and Stripes}}{{Cite news|date=2020-03-31|title=Japan says destroyer and Chinese boat collided; China says one hurt|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-china-idUSKBN21I10U |access-date=2020-09-20}}
Shimakaze was converted to a training ship and redesignated as TV-3521 on 19 March 2021.{{Cite journal|editor=海人社|date=May 2021|title=「あまつかぜ」から「しまかぜ」まで 海自在来型DDGを振り返る|trans-title=From "Amatsukaze" to "Shimakaze": Looking back on the DDG |journal=世界の艦船|issue=947|publisher=海人社|pages=43–51|language=JA}}{{NAID|40022529062}}
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
- {{cite book|editor-last1=Saunders |editor-first1=Stephen |title=IHS Jane's Fighting Ships 2015-2016 |year=2015 |publisher=IHS Global Limited |isbn=978-0-7106-3143-5 }}
External links
- {{commons category-inline|JS Shimakaze (DDG-172)}}
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Category:Hatakaze-class destroyers
Category:Ships built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Category:Training ships of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force