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| History | |
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| Name | JS Sazanami |
| Builder | Mitsubishi |
| Laid down | 4 April 2002 |
| Launched | 29 August 2003 |
| Commissioned | 16 February 2005 |
| Homeport | Kure |
| Status | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Takanami destroyer |
| Displacement | 4,600 long tons (4,700 t) |
| Length | 151 m (495 ft) |
| Beam | 17.4 m (57 ft) |
| Height | 10.9 m (36 ft) |
| Draft | 5.3 m (17 ft) |
| Propulsion | COGAG, two shafts |
JS Sazanami is a Takanami class destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).
The ship was built by Mitsubishi in Nagasaki and commissioned into service on 16 February 2005.[1]
Service
In 2008, Sazanami was the first JMSDF ship to bring disaster relief to the Chinese port of Zhanjiang following the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. According to China Daily, the Japanese media sent more than 60 reporters to cover the event.[2]
In January 2009, Sazanami was sent to the Gulf of Aden to escort commercial ships and provide humanitarian assistance. The destroyer was the first of a series of JMSDF vessels deployed in rotation to patrol this region.[3] Approximately 2,000 merchant ships with ties to Japan, Japan-flagged or operated by Japanese firms pass through the busy shipping channel each year.[4]
Notes
- ^ GlobalSecurity.org, DD-110 Takanami Class
- ^ "Japanese ship's arrival marks significant event," People's Daily (PRC). June 24, 2008.
- ^ "MSDF ship off Somalia aided Malta vessel," Japan Times. April 14, 2009; "Anti-piracy operations off the Coast of Somalia and in the Gulf of Aden," Japan Defense Focus (Ministry of Defense or MOD), No. 14. August 2009.
- ^ "Japanese ships leave after visit," The Hindu (India). September 29, 2010.
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