JS Akizuki

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

JS Akizuki
History
Japan
Name	Akizuki (あきづき)
Namesake	Akizuki (1959)
Ordered	2007
Builder	Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Laid down	17 July 2009
Launched	13 October 2010
Commissioned	14 March 2012
Homeport	Sasebo
Identification	DD-115
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and type	Akizuki-class destroyer
Displacement	5,000 tonnes standard 6,800 tonnes full load
Length	150.5 m (493 ft 9 in)
Beam	18.3 m (60 ft 0 in)
Draft	5.3 m (17 ft 5 in)
Depth	10.9 m (35 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	COGAG, two shafts, four Rolls-Royce Spey SM1C turbines
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement	200
Sensors and processing systems	ATECS (advanced technology command system) OYQ-11 ACDS FCS-3A AAW system OQQ-22 ASW system NOLQ-3D EW system OPS-20C surface search radar
Armament	1 × Mk. 45 Mod 4 127 mm (5 in)/54 gun 8 × Type 90 Anti-ship missile 2 × 20 mm Phalanx Block1B CIWS 2 × HOS-303 triple 324 mm (12.8 in) torpedo tubes Anti-Torpedo system 32-cell Mk. 41 Vertical Launching System: RIM-162 ESSM SAM RUM-139 VL-ASROC (DD 115) Type 07 VL-ASROC (DD 116 to DD 118)
Aircraft carried	1 × SH-60K helicopter

JS Akizuki (DD-115) is the lead ship of Akizuki-class destroyers. She was commissioned on 14 March 2012.

Construction and career

Akizuki was laid down at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works on July 17, 2009, as the 2007 plan 5,000-ton type escort ship No. 2244 based on the medium-term defense capability development plan, launched and named on October 13, 2010. Launch, the public trial started on July 28, 2011, commissioned on March 14, 2012, and was incorporated into the 5th escort group of the 1st escort group. The fixed port is Sasebo base.

On July 5, 2015, as the 22nd dispatched anti-piracy action surface corps, sailed from Sasebo base to the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia with JS Sawagiri.

On April 18, 2021, she departed from Sasebo base as the 5th dispatch information gathering activity water squadron. In addition to conducting PCR tests on all crew members, we plan to conduct training, etc. for 14 days in the waters near Japan, observe the health of the crew members, and then advance toward the Middle East. Take over the mission from "Suzunami".

Gallery

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  JS Akizuki at Yokosuka preparing for observing ceremony on 6 October 2012.
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  JS Akizuki at Yokosuka preparing for observing ceremony on 6 October 2012.
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  JS Akizuki at Wakayama on 16 July 2016.