JS Tenryū
{{short description|Training ship Tenryū}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{other ships|Japanese ship Tenryū}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=File:ATS-4203 04l.jpg |Ship caption= JS Tenryū }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=Japan |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Japan|naval}} |Ship name=*Tenryū
|Ship namesake= |Ship ordered= 1977 |Ship builder=Sumitomo, Yokosuka |Ship laid down=19 June 1998 |Ship launched=14 April 1999 |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned=17 March 2000 |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship honours= |Ship homeport=Kure |Ship identification=*{{MMSI Number|431999641}}
|Ship fate= |Ship status= Active |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship class overview |Class before = Kurobe class |Class after = N/A }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= Training ship |Ship displacement={{convert|2450 |
| 2750|LT|0|lk=on}} full load
|Ship length= {{convert|106.0|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship beam= {{convert|16.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship draught= {{convert|8.6|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship depth={{convert|4.1|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship propulsion=4 × CODAD diesel engines |Ship speed= {{convert|22|kn}} |Ship range= {{Convert|5500|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|20|kn|abbr=on}} |Ship endurance= |Ship complement=170 |Ship sensors=*OPS-14 anti-aircraft
|Ship EW=*Target aircraft multiple control system
|Ship armament=1 × OTO Melara 76 mm gun |Ship armour= |Ship aircraft=4 x BQM-74E Unmanned target aircraft Chaka III |Ship aircraft facilities=Hangar and helipad |Ship notes= }} |
JS Tenryū (ATS-4203) is a training support ship of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Development and design
It is a ship for anti-aircraft shooting training support, and its main purpose is to launch and guide unmanned target aircraft. It was built as a complement to the air threat, higher performance of air defense weapons, and the obsolescence of the predecessor training ship {{ship|JDS|Azuma}}.
It is a flat deck type ship type, equipped with one OTO Melara 76 mm on the front deck. The target aircraft will be equipped with four BQM-74E Chaka III. These target aircraft are launched from the rear helipad, and up to three aircraft can be simultaneously guided and controlled by a four-sided phased array radar on the top of the ship's structure. A radar for evaluating shooting results is also installed separately.{{Cite book|last=|first=|title=SHIPS OF THE WORLD, Special Edition 66th Maritime Self-Defense Force All Ship History|publisher=Gaijinsha|year=2004|isbn=|location=|pages=}}{{Cite book|last=|first=|title=Chaoyun News|publisher=Asagumo Shimbunsha Inc.|year=2006–2007|isbn=4750910279|location=|pages=277}}
Construction and career
Tenryū was laid down on 19 June 1998 at Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Yokosuka and launched on 14 April 1999. The vessel commissioned on 17 March 2000. Currently, she belongs to the 1st Maritime Training Support Corps of the Escort Fleet, and the fixed port is Kure.
On March 26, 2008, the 1st Maritime Training Support Corps was newly formed under the escort fleet and was incorporated together with {{ship|JS|Kurobe}}.
The ship was dispatched to aid in recovery following the Great East Japan Earthquake caused by the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake on March 11, 2011.
In February 2020, Master Sergeant Kazumi Sakoda was appointed as the first female SDF officer's senior corporal.{{Cite web|last=INC|first=SANKEI DIGITAL|date=2020-02-18|title=訓練支援艦「てんりゅう」の迫田曹長 海自初の女性先任伍長|url=https://www.sankei.com/politics/news/200218/plt2002180026-n1.html|access-date=2020-11-19|website=産経ニュース|language=ja}}
Gallery
File:ATS-4203 01l.jpg|JS Tenryū underway, date unknown.
File:ATS-4203 02l.jpg|JS Tenryū underway, date unknown.
File:JS Tenryū (ATS-4203).jpg|JS Tenryū at Kure on 18 March 2006.
File:JS Tenryū at SDF Fleet Review 2006, -29 Oct. 2006 a.jpg|JS Tenryū on 29 October 2006.
File:JS Tenryū at Hanshin Base, -20 Jul. 2008 a.jpg|JS Tenryū at Hanshin on 20 July 2008.
File:ATS-4202,ATS-4203(2).jpg|JS Tenryū and {{ship|JS|Kurobe}} at Kure on 15 April 2016.
File:ATS-4202,ATS-4203.jpg|JS Tenryū and JS Kurobe at Kure on 15 April 2016.
File:ATS-4203 Tenryū.jpg|JS Tenryū at Kure on 15 April 2016.
File:JS Tenryū (ATS - 4203) and JS Kurobe (ATS - 4202). At Kure Port. November 2016.jpg|JS Tenryū and JS Kurobe at Kure Naval Base on 23 November 2016.
References
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{{Combatant ship classes of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force}}
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Category:Ships built by Sumitomo Heavy Industries
Category:Training ships of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force