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Destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force For other ships with the same name, see Japanese destroyer Teruzuki.

JS Teruzuki
History
Japan
Name
  • Teruzuki
  • (てるづき)
NamesakeTeruzuki (1959)
Ordered2008
BuilderMitsubishi, Nagasaki
Laid down2 June 2010
Launched15 September 2011
Commissioned7 March 2013
HomeportYokosuka
IdentificationDD-116
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and typeAkizuki-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 5,000 tonnes standard
  • 6,800 tonnes full load
Length150.5 m (493 ft 9 in)
Beam18.3 m (60 ft 0 in)
Draft5.3 m (17 ft 5 in)
Depth10.9 m (35 ft 9 in)
PropulsionCOGAG, two shafts, four Rolls-Royce Spey SM1C turbines
Speed30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement200
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
Aircraft carried1 × SH-60K helicopter

JS Teruzuki (DD-116) is the second ship of Akizuki-class destroyers. She was commissioned on 7 March 2013.

Construction and career

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 FY2008 based on the medium-term defense capability development plan, 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.

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

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. Participated in the Royal Malaysian Navy-sponsored International Fleet Review Ceremony and the Royal Malaysian Navy-sponsored multilateral maritime exercise from 21 to 26 March, and joint training with the Royal Thai Navy on the 18th of the same month, and returned to Japan on 1 October.

From 17 to 29 September and 15 to 23 October 2019, Japan-Australia joint training (Japan-Australia Trident) will be held in the sea and airspace from the south of Kanto to the west of Kyushu via the area around Okinawa. To do. 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.

From 14 March to 28 April 2020, participate in the first year of Reiwa practice voyage (flight). Initially, it was planned 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.

From 19 to 23 July of the same year, 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. USS Ronald Reagan, USS Antietam, USS Mustin from the US Navy, HMAS Canberra, HMAS Hobart, HMAS Arunta, HMAS Stuart and HMAS Sirius participated and conducted various tactical training.

Gallery

  • JS Teruzuki underway, date unknown. JS Teruzuki underway, date unknown.
  • JS Teruzuki underway, date unknown. JS Teruzuki underway, date unknown.
  • JS Teruzuki, JS Sawayuki, JS Asuka at Yokosuka on 2 June 2013. JS Teruzuki, JS Sawayuki, JS Asuka at Yokosuka on 2 June 2013.

References

  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).
Akizuki-class destroyers
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