JS Takanami

JS Takanami (DD-110) (たかなみ) is the lead vessel of the Takanami-class destroyers of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).

For other ships with the same name, see Japanese destroyer Takanami.

JS Takanami at SDF Fleet Review 2006
History
Japan
Name: JS Takanami (DD-110)
Ordered: 1996
Builder: IHI Marine United
Laid down: 25 April 2000
Launched: 26 July 2001
Commissioned: 12 March 2003
Homeport: Yokosuka
Identification:
Status: in active service
General characteristics
Class and type: Takanami-class destroyer
Displacement: 4,650 long tons (4,725 t) standard 6,300 long tons (6,401 t) full load
Length: 151 m (495 ft)
Beam: 17.4 m (57 ft)
Height: 10.9 m (36 ft)
Draft: 5.3 m (17 ft)
Propulsion:
Speed: 30 knots (35 mph; 56 km/h)
Complement: 175
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • OPS-25B Radar
  • OPS-28D Surface Search Radar
  • OPS-20 Navigational Radar
  • OQS-5 Sonar
  • UQR-2 Towed Sonar
  • Type 81 Fire Control System
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
  • NOLQ-3 ECM system
  • 4 × Mk137 Chaff Dispensers
Armament:
Aircraft carried: 1 × SH-60J(K) anti-submarine helicopter

Takanami was authorized under the Medium-term Defense Buildup Plan of 1996, and was built by IHI Marine United shipyards in Uraga, Kanagawa. She was laid down on 25 April 2000, launched on 27 July 2001. She was commissioned into service on 12 March 2003,[1] and was initially assigned to the JMSDF Escort Flotilla 1 based at Yokosuka.

Service

Takanami, along with the destroyer Kirishima and supply ship Mashu was assigned to the Indian Ocean in August 2004 to provide assistance to anti-terrorist coalition forces in Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. On her return voyage to Japan in December 2004, the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami struck, and she was diverted to Thailand to participate in international rescue and recovery operations.

On 13 October 2009, Takanami, along with the destroyer Hamagiri, was dispatched to the coast of Somalia to participate in anti-piracy escort operations. From 7 November – 20 February 2010 she undertook 34 sorties, escorting 283 vessels safely. She returned to Japan on 18 March 2010.

Takanami was one of many in the JMSDF fleet participating in disaster relief after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.[2] She arrived at Ishinomaki, Miyagi the day after the disaster, rescuing 32 people.

On 11 October 2011 Takanami was dispatched to Aden, Yemen together with the destroyer Ōnami, to resume 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)".[3] She returned to Yokosuka on 12 March 2012 and is currently assigned to the Sixth Squadron of the JMSDF Escort Flotilla 2.

On 16 November 2016, Takanami entered New Zealand waters to celebrate their navies 75th anniversary. She departed on 22 November.

She is the sister ship of USS Barry (DDG-52).[4]

In February 2020, the ship deployed to the Middle East to undertake, according to the Japanese government, an "intelligence-gathering deployment to protect vital oil shipments from the region". The vessel will carry out its duties independently of the US-led International Maritime Security Construct.[5][6]

See also

References
  • Saunders, Stephen. IHS Jane's Fighting Ships 2013-2014. Jane's Information Group (2003). ISBN 0710630484

Notes
  1. GlobalSecurity.org, DD-110 Takanami Class
  2. Seawaves,"Warships Supporting Earthquake in Japan" Archived 2011-03-23 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Anti-Piracy Operations off the Coast of Somalia and in the Gulf of Aden," Japan Defense Focus (Ministry of Defense or MOD), No. 19. November 2010.
  4. USS Barry (22 December 2017). "USS Barry - DDG 52". Facebook. Archived from the original on 4 February 2020. Awesome visit with our Japanese sister ship JS Takanami! We are honored to be a part of their holiday gift exchange!!
  5. Herskovitz, Jon (1 February 2020). "Japanese Warship Steers Clear of Trump Risk in Mideast Mission". Bloomberg. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  6. Yamaguchi, Mari (3 February 2020). "Amid US-Iran tensions, Japanese warship heads to Middle East". Navy Times. The Associated Press. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
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