Destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
JS
Samidare
on 5 July 2006
|
History
|
Japan
|
Name
| |
Ordered
| 1995
|
Builder
| IHI Corporation
,
Tokyo
|
Laid down
| 11 September 1997
|
Launched
| 24 September 1998
|
Commissioned
| 21 March 2000
|
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
Samidare
(DD-106)
is the sixth
Murasame
-class
destroyer
of the
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
(JMSDF). She was
commissioned
on 21 March 2000.
[1]
Design
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In the
Murasame
class, 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
as on American
Arleigh Burke
-class destroyers
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
, same as in the
Asagiri
class, but a pair of engines were updated to
Spey SM1Cs
, and the remaining pair were replaced by
LM2500s
, as used in the
Kong?
class.
Construction and career
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]
Samidare
was
laid down
on 11 September 1997, by
Ishikawajima Harima Heavy Industries
at
Tokyo
as part of the 1995 plan and
launched
on 24 September 1998.
Commissioned
on 21 March 2000, the vessel was incorporated into the 4th Escort Corps and deployed to
Kure
.
Samidare
was deployed to Somalia in 2009 as part of multinational efforts to protect ships passing through the Indian Ocean alongside
Sazanami
.
[3]
Samidare
destroyer participated in Japan-US-India Joint Training (Malabar 2019) from 26 September to 4 October 2019. Exercises were carried out in the sea and airspace from
Sasebo
to the south of the
Kanto region
. The JMSDF also sent other escort vessels
JS
Ch?kai
and
JS
Kaga
, supply vessel
JS
?mi
, and
P-1 patrol aircraft
.
USS
McCampbell
, a
P-8A
aircraft, and a submarine from the
United States Navy
,
INS
Sahyadri
,
INS
Kiltan
, and a
P-8I
aircraft from the
Indian Navy
participated in anti-submarine warfare training, anti-submarine warfare training, conducted anti-water shooting training, anti-aircraft shooting training, and offshore replenishment training.
[4]
On 16 October of the same year,
Samidare
conducted communication training using radio with the
Chinese Navy
destroyer
Taiyun
(which was scheduled to participate in the JMSDF Fleet review on 14 October, but canceled due to
Typhoon Hagibis
) in the Pacific Ocean south of Kanto region. This was the third Japan-China goodwill training for the JMSDF, the previous being in December 2011.
[5]
On 4 May 2022,
Samidare
deployed to Djibouti for anti-piracy operations.
[6]
In late May,
Samidare
was relieved by
Harusame
.
[7]
Gallery
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]
-
Samidare
departing
Pearl Harbor
on 5 July 2006.
-
Samidare
replenished by
USNS
Rainier
on 22 February 2016.
-
-
Samidare
alongside USS
Carl Vinson
on 8 March 2017.
-
Samidare
alongside USS
Carl Vinson
on 8 March 2017.
-
Samidare
on 20 October 2019.
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
.
- Fujiki, Heihachiro (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