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Japanese warship

JS Kirisame on 19 November 2008
History
Japan
Name Kirisame (きりさめ)
Namesake Kirisame
Ordered 1994
Builder Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Laid down 3 April 1996
Launched 21 August 1997
Commissioned 18 March 1999
Homeport Sasebo
Identification MMSI number: 431999644 Pennant number:DD-104
Status Active
General characteristics
Class & type _Murasame_-class destroyer
Displacement 4,550 tons standard, 6,200 tons hull load
Length 151 m (495 ft 5 in)
Beam 17.4 m (57 ft 1 in)
Draft 5.2 m (17 ft 1 in)
Propulsion 2 × IHI-GE LM2500 gas turbines 2 × KHI-RR SM1C gas turbines 60,000 shp (45 MW) 2 shafts, cp props
Speed 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement 165
Sensors &processing systems OYQ-9 CDS (w/ Link-11) OYQ-103 ASWCS FCS-2-31 fire-control systems OPS-24B air search radar OPS-28 surface search radar OQS-5 hull sonar OQR-2 TASS
Electronic warfare& decoys NOLQ-3 suite Mk. 36 SRBOC Chaff and Decoy Launching System AN/SLQ-25 torpedo decoys
Armament 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm gun 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 8 × SSM-1B Anti-ship missile in quad canisters 2 × triple 324 mm torpedo tubes 16-cell Mk. 48 VLS with Evolved Sea Sparrow SAM 16-cell Mk. 41 VLS with VL-ASROC
Aircraft carried 1 × SH-60J/K anti-submarine helicopter

JS Kirisame (DD-104) is the fourth ship of _Murasame_-class destroyers of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). She was commissioned on 18 March 1999.[1]

The hull design was completely renovated from first-generation destroyers. In addition to increasing the size, in order to reduce the underwater radiation noise, both the superstructure and hull were inclined to reduce the radar cross-section. However, there is no angled tripod mainmast like that of the American _Arleigh Burke_-class destroyer because of the heavy weather of the Sea of Japan in winter. The aft was designed like a "mini-Oranda-zaka", as with the Kongō class, to avoid interference between helicopters and mooring devices.[2] Destroyers built under the First Defense Build-up Plan, including the former Murasame class, adopted a unique long-forecastle style called "Oranda-zaka".

The engine arrangement is COGAG, as in the _Asagiri_-class, but a pair of engines were updated to Spey SM1C. The remaining pair were replaced by LM2500, as in the _Kongō_-class.[2]

Construction and career

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Kirisame was laid down on 3 April 1996 at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki, as the 1994 plan, and launched on 21 August 1997. Commissioned on 18 March 1999, she was incorporated into the 6th Escort Corps of the 2nd Escort Corps and deployed to Sasebo.

On 10 May 2020, he departed from Sasebo base for the Middle East as the Second Dispatch Information-gathering Activity Water Squadron.[3] On 9 June 2020, after arriving at the site, she took over the mission from JS Takanami and started information gathering activities. On 6 October 2020, she took over the mission of JS Murasame of the 3rd party. On 26 October 2020, she returned to Sasebo base.[4] From 19-20 2020, Japan-US-Australia joint training was conducted with USS John S. McCain and HMAS Arunta in the South China Sea.[5]

On 31 May 2022, the JMSDF issued a press release on the Indo-Pacific Deployment (IPD) and ship deployments, stating that Kirisame, the _Takanami_-class destroyer Takanami and the _Izumo_-class multi-purpose destroyer Izumo were deployed to RIMPAC 2022.[6]

  1. ^ "DD-101 Murasame Class". globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b Abe 2000, pp. 152–157.
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2020.{{[cite web](/wiki/Template:Cite%5Fweb "Template:Cite web")}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 June 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2020.{{[cite web](/wiki/Template:Cite%5Fweb "Template:Cite web")}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "日米豪共同訓練について" (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese). Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Japan sending its largest naval vessel to RIMPAC". June 2022.