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Destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
|
History
|
Japan
|
Name
| |
Ordered
| 1997
|
Builder
| IHI Corporation
,
Tokyo
|
Laid down
| 29 October 1999
|
Launched
| 25 September 2000
|
Commissioned
| 19 March 2002
|
Homeport
| Kure
|
Identification
| |
Status
| Active
|
General characteristics
|
Class and 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
| |
Speed
| 30
knots
(56 km/h; 35 mph)
|
Complement
| 165
|
Sensors and
processing systems
| |
Electronic warfare
& decoys
| |
Armament
| |
Aircraft carried
| 1 ×
SH-60J/K
anti-submarine helicopter
|
JS
Akebono
(DD-108)
is the eighth ship of
Murasame
-class
destroyers
. She was commissioned on 19 March 2002.
[1]
Design
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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
. There is however no angled
tripod mainmast
like the one 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
Kong?
class
to avoid interference between helicopters and
mooring
devices.
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 same as
Asagiri
class
, but a pair of engines are updated to
Spey SM1C
. The remaining one pair were replaced with
LM2500
versions, same as in the
Kong?
class.
Construction and career
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Akebono
was
laid down
on 29 October 1999 at
IHI Corporation
Tokyo
as the 1997 plan and
launched
on 25 September 2000. The vessel was
commissioned
on 19 March 2002, and was incorporated into the 4th Escort Corps and deployed to
Kure
.
In June 2019,
Akebono
was dispatched to additionally participate in the 2019 Indo-Pacific dispatch training in which the vessels
JS
Izumo
and
JS
Murasame
were participating. The destroyer conducted joint training with the navies of each country in the Indo-Pacific region during the deployment.
[3]
On 7 April 2024,
Akebono
conducted a joint patrol in the
South China Sea
with
BRP Antonio Luna
and
BRP Valentin Diaz
of the Philippine Navy,
USS Mobile
of the US Navy, and
HMAS Warramunga
of the Royal Australian Navy. This marked the first multinational patrol among the nations.
[4]
Gallery
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Citations
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References
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- Abe, Yasuo (July 2000). "History of JMSDF Destroyers".
Ships of the World
(in Japanese) (571). Kaijinn-sha.
NAID
40002155847
.
- Heihachiro, Fujiki (August 2003). "Development of multi-purpose DDs for "8-8 escort flotilla".
Ships of the World
(in Japanese) (614). Kaijinn-sha: 94?99.
- Saunders, Stephen.
IHS Jane's Fighting Ships 2013-2014
. Jane's Information Group (2003).
ISBN
0710630484