JS Hatakaze (DDG-171)

JS Hatakaze (DDG-171) is a Hatakaze-class guided missile destroyer built for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). Hatakaze was the first vessel completed of her class. She was the first JMSDF vessel to use gas turbine propulsion.[1]

For other ships with the same name, see Japanese destroyer Hatakaze.
JS Hatakaze (DDG-171) at Port of Sakaisenboku
History
Japan
Name:
  • JS Hatakaze
  • (はたかぜ)
Namesake: Hatakaze (1942)
Builder: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki
Laid down: 20 May 1983
Launched: 9 November 1984
Commissioned: 27 March 1986
Homeport: Yokosuka, Japan
Identification:
Status: Active
Notes: Training vessel, 19 March 2020
General characteristics
Class and type: Hatakaze-class destroyer
Displacement:
  • 4674 tons standard
  • 6096 tons full load
Length: 492.1 ft (150.0 m)
Beam: 53.9 ft (16.4 m)
Draft: 15.8 ft (4.8 m)
Propulsion:
Speed: 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement: 260
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • AN/SPS-52 air-search radar
  • OPS-11C air-search
Armament:
Aviation facilities: 1 × SH-60K helicopter

Construction and career

She was laid down on the 20 May, 1983 in Mitsubishi shipyard in Nagasaki. She was launched on 9 November 1984, and commissioned on 27 March 1986.[2] She was converted to a training vessel on March 19, 2020.

18 August 2020, a JMSDF MCH-101 helicopter successfully landed and took off from Hatakaze.[3]

See also

References
  1. "JS Hatakaze (DDG-171)". militaryfactory.com. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  2. "JS Hatakaze-class ship list". globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  3. "JMSDF MCH-101 helicopter successfully conducts landing and takeoff on Hatakaze destroyer". www.navyrecognition.com. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
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