JS Fuyuzuki

JS Fuyuzuki (DD-118) is the fourth ship of Akizuki-class destroyers. She was commissioned on 13 March 2014.

For other ships with the same name, see Japanese destroyer Fuyuzuki.

JS Fuyuzuki on 11 August 2010.
History
Japan
Name:
  • Fuyuzuki
  • (ふゆづき)
Namesake: Fuyuzuki (1944)
Ordered: 2009
Builder: Mitsui, Tamano
Laid down: 14 June 2011
Launched: 22 August 2012
Commissioned: 13 March 2014
Homeport: Maizuru
Identification: DD-118
Status: Active
General characteristics
Class and 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 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 carried: 1 × SH-60K helicopter

Construction and career

Fuyuzuki was laid down at Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Tamano Works on June 14, 2011 as the 2009 plan 5,000-ton type escort ship No. 2247 based on the medium-term defense capability development plan, and launched on August 22, 2012.

Commissioned on March 13, 2014, it was transferred to the 7th Escort Corps of the 3rd Escort Corps and deployed to Maizuru.

The construction cost of Fuyuzuki was about 72.6 billion yen, and since it was the first escort ship to be built in 17 years since JS Harusame at Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, they called on retirees and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries workers to build and dress it up.[1]

The predecessor destroyer Fuyutsuki was built at the Maizuru Naval Arsenal, and at the ceremony when he arrived at Maizuru, the captain said, Fuyuzuki has returned to Maizuru for the first time in 70 years.[2]

Participated in the US-India joint maritime training (Malabar 2015) held in the waters east of India from September 26 to November 10, 2015.[3]

Participated in the Australian Navy-sponsored multilateral maritime joint training in the waters around Darwin, Australia, from August 26 to October 18, 2016.[4]

On October 11, 2016, the 3rd Escort Group was reorganized into the 3rd Escort Corps.

From February 26th to March 22nd, 2018, she was dispatched to Guam as a 2017 US training, and conducted offshore training in collaboration with the US Navy. From March 8th to March 14th, we will participate in Multi-Sale 2018 and fight against air with the U.S. Navy missile cruiser USS Antietam, USS Curtis Wilbur, USS Benfold, and USS Mustin. Conducted anti-water warfare, anti-submarine warfare, shooting training, etc.[5]

From June 8th to 16th of the same year, she participated in the Japan-US-India Joint Training (Malabar 2018) conducted on Guam Island and the sea and airspace around the island. In addition to Fuyuzuki, the participating units are the escort vessels JS Ise and JS Suzunami, five onboard aircraft, the submarine JS Sōryū, and two P-1 patrol aircraft.[6]

In addition, from June 16th to 23rd, joint cruise training with the US Navy was conducted with JS Suzunami in the sea and airspace from around Guam to the south of Okinawa. From the US Navy, the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan and several other ships participated.

From November 8th to 16th of the same year, joint cruise training was conducted with several ships including the US Navy aircraft carriers USS Ronald Reagan and USS John C. Stennis in the sea and airspace from the south of Shikoku to the area around Okinawa.[7]

From October 24th to November 2nd, 2019, Japan-US joint training was conducted with the USS Ronald Reagan and several other ships in the sea and airspace from southern Okinawa to southern Kanto.[8]

References
  1. "ニュース記事 | トップニュース | 三井造船玉野事業所で１７年ぶり護衛艦建造". www.sanpo-pub.co.jp. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  2. https://www.kyoto-np.co.jp/politics/article/20140317000140
  3. https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/info/news/201509/20150925-02.pdf
  4. https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/info/news/201608/20160826-01.pdf
  5. https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/info/news/201703/20170314-02.pdf
  6. https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/201803/20180306-02.pdf
  7. https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/201806/20180625.pdf
  8. https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/201911/20191102.pdf


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