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Destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

JS Teruzuki
History
Japan
Name Teruzuki (てるづき)
Namesake Teruzuki (1959)
Ordered 2008
Builder Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Laid down 2 June 2010
Launched 15 September 2011
Christened 15 September 2011
Acquired 28 July 2012
Commissioned 7 March 2013
Homeport Yokosuka
Identification DD-116
Status Active
General characteristics
Class & 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 &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](/wiki/5%22/54%5Fcaliber%5FMark%5F45%5Fgun "5"/54 caliber Mark 45 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 Teruzuki (DD-116) is the second ship of Akizuki-class destroyers, operated by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. She was commissioned on 7 March 2013.

Teruzuki was laid down on 2 June 2010 at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works as the 5,000-ton type escort ship No. 2245. Planned for fiscal year 2008 based on the medium-term defense capability development plan, she was launched and named on 15 September 2011. Sea trials started on 28 July 2012. Commissioned on 7 March 2013, it was transferred to the 6th Escort Corps of the 2nd Escort Corps and deployed in Yokosuka.[_citation needed_]

From 20 September to 14 December 2014, she participated in the TGEX KOA KAI EAST[_clarification needed_] multilateral joint training, conducted in the waters around San Diego, USA.[1]

On 11 March 2017, the 27th Dispatched Anti-piracy Action Water Squadron departed from Yokosuka base for the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia and participated in the Royal Malaysian Navy-sponsored International Fleet Review Ceremony and the Royal Malaysian Navy-sponsored multilateral maritime exercise from 21-26 March and in joint training with the Royal Thai Navy on 18 March, returning to Japan on 1 October.[2]

From 17 to 29 September and 15 to 23 October 2019, Japan-Australia joint training (Japan-Australia Trident) was held in the sea and airspace from the south of Kanto to the west of Kyushu via the area around Okinawa. In addition to this ship from the JMSDF, escort vessels JS Harusame, JS Asahi, JS Atago, and JS Mashu and P-1 patrol aircraft or P-3C patrol aircraft and submarines, and ships and submarines from the Royal Australian Navy participated and conducted various tactical training.[3]

From 14 March to 28 April 2020, she participated in the first year of the Reiwa Practice Voyage (flight). Initially, it the plan was to call at Malaysia (Port Klang) and Brunei (Muara), but the port call was canceled due to the effects of the new coronavirus infection. On 2 April, Japan-US joint training was conducted with the USS Gabrielle Giffords in the Andaman Sea.[4]

From 19 to 23 July 2020, she participated in the Japan-US-Australia joint training conducted in the sea and airspace from the South China Sea and the eastern offshore of the Philippines to the waters around Guam. The Ronald Reagan, Antietam, and Mustin from the US Navy and HMAS Canberra, HMAS Hobart, HMAS Arunta, HMAS Stuart, and HMAS Sirius participated and conducted various tactical training.[5]

  1. ^ "多国間共同訓練TGEX KOA KAI EASTについて" [About the multinational joint training TGEX KOA KAI EAST] (PDF) (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2017.
  2. ^ "アデン湾における派遣海賊対処行動に従事した艦艇の入港について" [Regarding the arrival of naval vessels engaged in anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden] (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese). Joint Staff Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  3. ^ "日豪共同訓練(日豪トライデント)の実施について" [Japan-Australia joint training (Japan-Australia Trident)] (PDF) (in Japanese).
  4. ^ "日米共同訓練について" [Japan-U.S. Joint Training] (PDF) (in Japanese).
  5. ^ "日米豪共同訓練について" [Japan-US-Australia Joint Training] (PDF) (in Japanese).