 JSMatsuyuki atMaizuru on 26 January 2020 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Japan | |
| Name |
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| Ordered | 1981 |
| Builder | IHI,Tokyo |
| Laid down | 7 April 1983 |
| Launched | 25 October 1984 |
| Commissioned | 19 March 1986 |
| Decommissioned | 7 April 2021 |
| Home port | Maizuru |
| Identification |
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| Status | Retired |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Hatsuyuki-classdestroyer |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 130 m (430 ft) |
| Beam | 13.6 m (44 ft 7 in) |
| Draft |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 30knots (35 mph; 56 km/h) |
| Complement | 200 |
| Sensors & processing systems |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys |
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| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 ×HSS-2B orSH-60J helicopter |
JSMatsuyuki (DD-130) is aHatsuyuki-classdestroyer of theJapan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
TheHatsuyuki class were designed as multi-purpose ships, with a balanced armament and sensor fit, so that the ships could carry out anti-submarine and anti-surface ship operations while being capable of defending themselves against air attack. Ahangar andflight deck are carried for a single helicopter, which was initially the Mitsubishi HSS-2, a license-builtSikorsky Sea King, later replaced byMitsubishi H-60s (licensedSikorsky S-70s), with the CanadianBeartrap haul-down system fitted to ease operations of large helicopters.[1][2]
An octuple Mk 112 launcher forASROC anti-submarine missiles is fitted forward, while additional close-in anti-submarine armament is provided by two triple 324-mm torpedo-tubes forMark 46 anti-submarine torpedoes.[1][2]
The initial anti-aircraft armament consisted of aSea Sparrowsurface-to-air missile launcher aft, with anOTO Melara 76 mm gun forward. EightHarpoonanti-ship missiles are carried in two quadruple mounts abaft the ship's funnel.[1]
Matsuyuki waslaid down on 20 January 1987 andlaunched on 4 June 1988 byHitachi Zosen Corporation,Maizuru. She wascommissioned on 31 January 1990.
JSKashima andJS Shimayuki departed fromŌminato base at about 11:05 am after leaving Ōminato base at 9:00 am on 15 April 2012, about eight kilometres (5.0 mi) north-northeast of theNatsumari Peninsula inRikuoku Bay. Maritime Self-Defense Force 21st Air Group 25th Air Corps (Ōminato)patrol helicopter SH-60J (No. 8279) (Captain Masahiko Miyanaga 3) touched the main rotor to the side wall of the left vault ofMatsuyuki and crashed. In this incident, Masahiko Miyanaga was killed, andMatsuyuki also damaged the side wall of the port hangar, and after transferring the training executive toKashima, she left the training fleet for repair, but for about two weeks. After repairing, the destroyer rejoined the training fleet again.[3]
From 15 January to 2 March 2016, she participated in the InternationalFleet Review Ceremony sponsored by theIndian Navy and the Japan-US-Australia Joint Overseas Cruise Training.[4]
She was retired on 7 April 2021.[5]
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