JS Suzunami
{{short description|Destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force}}
{{other ships|Japanese destroyer Suzunami}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=File:180615-N-ZL062-0086 The Takanami-class destroyer JS Suzunami (DD-114) sails in formation during exercise Malabar 2018. Malabar 2018 is the 22nd rendition of the exercise and the first time is has bee (41981992765).jpg |Ship caption= JS Suzunami underway during Malabar 2018 }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country= Japan |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Japan|naval}} |Ship name=*Suzunami
|Ship namesake= |Ship ordered= 2002 |Ship awarded= |Ship original cost= |Ship laid down= 24 September 2003 |Ship launched= 26 August 2004 |Ship sponsor= |Ship christened= |Ship completed= |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned=16 February 2006 |Ship recommissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship refit= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport=Ōminato |Ship identification=*{{MMSI Number|431999684}}
|Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honors= |Ship captured= |Ship fate= |Ship status=Active |Ship notes= |Ship badge= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class={{sclass|Takanami|destroyer}} |Ship displacement= {{convert|4650|LT|t|0|lk=in}} standard {{convert|6300|LT|t|0|lk=in}} full load |Ship length= {{convert|151|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship beam= {{convert|17.4|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship height={{convert|10.9|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship draft={{convert|5.3|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship propulsion=*2 × Ishikawajima Harima LM-2500 gas turbines
|Ship speed= {{convert|30|kn|lk=in}} |Ship range= |Ship endurance= |Ship complement=175
|Ship EW=*NOLQ-3 ECM system
|Ship armament=* 1 × Otobreda 127 mm/54 gun
|Ship armor= |Ship aircraft= 1 × SH-60J(K) anti-submarine helicopter |Ship aircraft facilities=Hangar and helipad |Ship notes= }} |
{{nihongo|JS Suzunami|すずなみ| }} is the fifth vessel of the {{sclass|Takanami|destroyer}}s of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).
Design
The hull design is generally based on that of the {{sclass|Murasame|destroyer|4||1994}}. However, when weapon layout was changed, the internal structure was also changed. The large lattice mast was thought to have a negative on the stealthiness of the Murasame class, so in Takanami class, a planned change to two smaller masts was conceived, but was not implemented.{{Sfn|Kaijin-sha|2003|pp=76-81}}
Although its displacement become slightly increased, there is no change in its main engines, as it is not a big difference that has little effect on the performance of the ship.{{Sfn|Kaijin-sha|2003|pp=76-81}}
Construction and career
Suzunami was authorized under the Medium-term defense buildup plan of 1996, and was built by IHI Marine United shipyards in Yokohama. She was laid down on 24 September 2003 and launched on 26 August 2004. The destroyer was commissioned into service on 16 February 2006,GlobalSecurity.org, [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/japan/takanami-unit.htm DD-110 Takanami Class] and was initially assigned to the JMSDF Escort Flotilla 3 based at Maizuru, Kyoto.
Suzunami, along with the fleet oiler Hamana were assigned to the Indian Ocean in March 2007 to provide assistance in refueling anti-terrorist coalition forces in Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. She returned to Japan in July 2007. On 25 March 2008, she was reassigned to the JMSDF Escort Flotilla 1, based at Yokosuka, Kanagawa.
On 21 July 2009, Suzunami, along with the fleet oiler Oumi, was again dispatched for coalition refueling operations in the Indian Ocean. She returned to Japan on the completion of this mission on 24 December 2009. On 8 April 2010, while monitoring a fleet of five People's Liberation Army Navy warships in international waters in the East China Sea, Suzunami was buzzed at abnormally low altitude by a Chinese helicopter. This incident led the Japanese government to file a protest against the Chinese government on 12 April. On 1 August 2011, she was reassigned to the JMSDF Escort Flotilla 3, based at Ōminato, Aomori Prefecture.
On 13 August 2012 Suzunami was dispatched to Aden, Yemen, as part of ongoing anti-piracy escort operations off the coast of Somalia. The context for this extended deployment off the Horn of Africa was the "Law on the Penalization of Acts of Piracy and Measures Against Acts of Piracy (Anti-Piracy Measures Law)".{{cite web |url=http://www.mod.go.jp/e/jdf/no14/policy.html |title=No.14 Japan Defense Focus | DEFENSE POLICY |website=www.mod.go.jp |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101025230331/http://www.mod.go.jp/e/jdf/no14/policy.html |archive-date=25 October 2010 |url-status=dead}} During these deployments, she made a port call at Port Klang, Malaysia from 29 to 30 December.[http://malaysiaflyingherald.wordpress.com/2012/12/31/jmsdf-destroyers-visits-malaysia/ Malaysia Flying Herald 31 December 2012]
Suzunami returned to Yokosuka on 10 June 2013 and remains assigned to the Third Squadron of the JMSDF Escort Flotilla 3.
Notes
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References
{{Commons category|JS Suzunami (DD-114)}}
- {{Cite journal|editor=Kaijin-sha|date=August 2003|title=All of the new Takanami-class DD|journal=Ships of the World|issue=614|pages=75–101|publisher=Kaijin-sha|id={{NAID|40005855324}}}}
- Saunders, Stephen. IHS Jane's Fighting Ships 2013-2014. Jane's Information Group (2003). {{ISBN|0710630484}}
{{Takanami class destroyer}}
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