JDS Sawakaze (DDG-170)

JDS Sawakaze (DDG-170) is the third ship of the Tachikaze-class destroyer built for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).

JDS Sawakaze (DDG-170) in Yokosuka on 1 January 2009.
History
Japan
Name:	JDS Sawakaze (さわかぜ)
Builder:	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagasaki
Laid down:	14 September 1979
Launched:	4 June 1981
Commissioned:	30 March 1983
Decommissioned:	25 June 2010
Homeport:	Sasebo (1976-1995) Yokosuka (1995-2008)
Identification:	Pennant number: DDG-170
Status:	Decommissioned
General characteristics
Type:	Tachikaze-class destroyer
Displacement:	3,850 long tons (3,910 t) standard 3,950 long tons (4,010 t) (DDG170)
Length:	143 m (469 ft 2 in)
Beam:	14.3 m (46 ft 11 in)
Draft:	4.6 m (15 ft 1 in) 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) (DDG170)
Propulsion:	2 × Mitsubishi steam turbines, 60,000 hp (45,000 kW) 2 shafts
Speed:	32 knots (37 mph; 59 km/h)
Complement:	250; 230 (DDG168); 255 (DDG170)
Armament:	2 × 5"/54 caliber Mark 42 gun (DDG168 ×1) 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 1 × Mk 13 missile launcher (for the Standard-MR SAM) 8 × Boeing Harpoon SSM 1 × Type 74 launcher for the ASROC 2 × HOS-301 triple 324 mm (12.8 in) torpedo tubes

Development

Tachikaze-class destroyers were designed almost exclusively as anti-aircraft platforms. No helicopter facilities are provided, and the ASW armament is confined to ASROC missiles and Mk 46 torpedoes. In order to save on construction costs the class adopted the propulsion plant and machinery of the Haruna-class destroyers.[1]

Construction and career

She was laid down on the 14 September, 1979 in Mitsubishi shipyard in Nagasaki. She was launched on 4 June 1981, and commissioned on 30 March 1983. She was decommissioned on 25 June 2010.[2]

References

1. "Tachikaze Class Anti-Air Warfare Destroyer | Military-Today.com". www.military-today.com. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
2. "DDG 170 JDS Sawakaze". www.seaforces.org. Retrieved 20 September 2020.

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