JS Teruzuki
{{short description|Destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force}}
{{Other ships|Japanese destroyer Teruzuki}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
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JS Teruzuki (DD-116) is the second ship of Akizuki-class destroyers. She was commissioned on 7 March 2013.
Construction
Teruzuki was laid down on 2 June 2010 at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works as the 5,000-ton type escort ship No. 2245 planned for fiscal year 2008 based on the medium-term defense capability development plan, launched and named on 15 September 2011. Sea trials started on 28 July 2012. Commissioned on 7 March 2013, it was transferred to the 6th Escort Corps of the 2nd Escort Corps and deployed in Yokosuka.{{fact|date=June 2024}}
Career
From 20 September to 14 December 2014, she participated in the TGEX KOA KAI EAST{{Clarify|date=January 2025}} multilateral joint training, conducted in the waters around San Diego, USA.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/info/news/201409/14091902.pdf | title=多国間共同訓練ＴＧＥＸ ＫＯＡ ＫＡＩ ＥＡＳＴについて | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202080920/https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/info/news/201409/14091902.pdf | archive-date=2017-02-02 | trans-title=About the multinational joint training TGEX KOA KAI EAST | language=ja }}
On 11 March 2017, the 27th Dispatched Anti-piracy Action Water Squadron departed from Yokosuka base for the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia and participated in the Royal Malaysian Navy-sponsored International Fleet Review Ceremony and the Royal Malaysian Navy-sponsored multilateral maritime exercise from 21-26 March and in joint training with the Royal Thai Navy on 18 March, returning to Japan on 1 October.{{cite press release|date= |title=アデン湾における派遣海賊対処行動に従事した艦艇の入港について |trans-title=Regarding the arrival of naval vessels engaged in anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden |url=https://www.mod.go.jp/js/Press/press2017/press_pdf/p20170916_01.pdf |language=Japanese |location= |publisher=Joint Staff Office |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010212409/https://www.mod.go.jp/js/Press/press2017/press_pdf/p20170916_01.pdf |archive-date=10 October 2017 |access-date=16 December 2024}}
From 17 to 29 September and 15 to 23 October 2019, Japan-Australia joint training (Japan-Australia Trident) was be held in the sea and airspace from the south of Kanto to the west of Kyushu via the area around Okinawa. In addition to this ship from the JMSDF, escort vessels JS Harusame, JS Asahi, JS Atago, and JS Mashu and P-1 patrol aircraft or P-3C patrol aircraft and submarines, and ships and submarines from the Royal Australian Navy participated and conducted various tactical training.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/201909/20190910.pdf | title=日豪共同訓練（日豪トライデント）の実施について | language=ja | trans-title=Japan-Australia joint training (Japan-Australia Trident)}}
From 14 March to 28 April 2020, she participated in the first year of the Reiwa Practice Voyage (flight). Initially, it the plan was to call at Malaysia (Port Klang) and Brunei (Muara), but the port call was canceled due to the effects of the new coronavirus infection. On 2 April, Japan-US joint training was conducted with the USS Gabrielle Giffords in the Andaman Sea.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/202004/20200403-1.pdf | title=日米共同訓練について | language=ja | trans-title=Japan-U.S. Joint Training}}
From 19 to 23 July 2020, she participated in the Japan-US-Australia joint training conducted in the sea and airspace from the South China Sea and the eastern offshore of the Philippines to the waters around Guam. The Ronald Reagan, Antietam, and Mustin from the US Navy and HMAS Canberra, HMAS Hobart, HMAS Arunta, HMAS Stuart, and HMAS Sirius participated and conducted various tactical training.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/202007/20200721-1.pdf | title=日米豪共同訓練について | language=ja | trans-title=Japan-US-Australia Joint Training}}
Gallery
File:DD-116 Teruzuki Right.png|JS Teruzuki underway, date unknown.
File:DD-116 Teruzuki Left.png|JS Teruzuki underway, date unknown.
File:Teruzuki (DD-116), Sawayuki (DD-125) en Asuka (ASE-6102) aan de Yoshikura Pier, -2 Jun. 2013 b.jpg|JS Teruzuki, JS Sawayuki, JS Asuka at Yokosuka on 2 June 2013.
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External links
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