JS Takanami

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

JS Takanami in December 2016
History
Japan
Name
  • Takanami
  • (たかなみ)
Ordered1996
BuilderIHI, Uraga
Laid down25 April 2000
Launched26 July 2001
Commissioned12 March 2003
HomeportYokosuka
Identification
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and typeTakanami-class destroyer
Displacement4,650 long tons (4,725 t) standard 6,300 long tons (6,401 t) full load
Length151 m (495 ft)
Beam17.4 m (57 ft)
Height10.9 m (36 ft)
Draft5.3 m (17 ft)
Propulsion
Speed30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement175
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • NOLQ-3 ECM system
  • 4 × Mk137 Chaff Dispensers
Armament
Aircraft carried1 × SH-60J(K) anti-submarine helicopter
Aviation facilitiesHangar and helipad

JS Takanami (DD-110) (たかなみ) is the lead vessel of the Takanami-class destroyers of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).

Design

The hull design is generally based on the one of the Murasame class. However, as a part of the weapons was changed, the internal structure was also changed accordingly. The Murasame class had a large lattice mast, which was claimed to degrade its stealthiness, leading to plans for two small masts for the Takanami - however the plans were not implemented.[1] There was also no change made to the main engines, as there was little effect on the performance of the ship.

Construction and career

Takanami was authorized under the Medium-term Defense Buildup Plan of 1996, and was built by IHI Marine United shipyards in Uraga, Kanagawa. She was laid down on 25 April 2000 and launched on 27 July 2001. She was commissioned into service on 12 March 2003,[2] and was initially assigned to the JMSDF Escort Flotilla 1 based at Yokosuka.

Takanami, along with the destroyer Kirishima and supply ship Mashu was assigned to the Indian Ocean in August 2004 to provide assistance to anti-terrorist coalition forces in Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. On her return voyage to Japan in December 2004, the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami struck, and she was diverted to Thailand to participate in international rescue and recovery operations.[3]

On 13 October 2009, Takanami, along with the destroyer Hamagiri, was dispatched to the coast of Somalia to participate in anti-piracy escort operations.[4] From 7 November – 20 February 2010 she undertook 34 sorties, escorting 283 vessels safely. She returned to Japan on 18 March 2010.[5]

Takanami was one of many in the JMSDF fleet participating in disaster relief after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.[6] She arrived at Ishinomaki, Miyagi the day after the disaster, rescuing 32 people.[citation needed]

On 11 October 2011 Takanami was dispatched to Aden, Yemen together with the destroyer Ōnami, to resume anti-piracy escort operations off the coast of Somalia. The context for this extended deployment off the Horn of Africa was the "Law on the Penalization of Acts of Piracy and Measures Against Acts of Piracy (Anti-Piracy Measures Law)".[7] She returned to Yokosuka on 12 March 2012 and is currently assigned to the Sixth Squadron of the JMSDF Escort Flotilla 2.[3]

On 16 November 2016, Takanami entered New Zealand waters to celebrate their Navy's 75th anniversary at the International Naval Review. [8]

In February 2020, the ship was deployed to the Middle East to undertake, according to the Japanese government, an "intelligence-gathering deployment to protect vital oil shipments from the region". The vessel carried out its duties independently of the US-led International Maritime Security Construct.[9][10]

On 31 May 2022, the JMSDF issued a press release on the Indo-Pacific Deployment (IPD) and ship deployments that announced the deployment of Takanami, the Izumo-class multi-purpose destroyer, JS Izumo and the Murasame-class destroyer JS Kirisame to RIMPAC 2022.[11]

On 9 August 2022, as part of its IPD, the Takanami, along with the JS Izumo, conducted a trilateral exercise with the Royal Canadian Navy and the Royal New Zealand Navy, to demonstrate the solid ties between the three countries towards a realization of a "Free and Open Indo-Pacific."[12]

Notes

  1. ^ Kaijin-sha 2003, pp. 76–81.
  2. ^ GlobalSecurity.org, DD-110 Takanami Class
  3. ^ a b "JS Takanami DD-110 class Destroyer JMSDF". seaforces.org. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  4. ^ "MSDF destroyers set sail on antipiracy tour | the Japan Times". www.japantimes.co.jp. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  5. ^ "JS Takanami DD-110 class Destroyer JMSDF". seaforces.org. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  6. ^ Seawaves,"Warships Supporting Earthquake in Japan" Archived 2011-03-23 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "Anti-Piracy Operations off the Coast of Somalia and in the Gulf of Aden," Japan Defense Focus (Ministry of Defense or MOD), No. 19. November 2010.
  8. ^ "Back-to-back maintainer". www.nzdf.mil.nz. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  9. ^ Herskovitz, Jon (1 February 2020). "Japanese Warship Steers Clear of Trump Risk in Mideast Mission". Bloomberg. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  10. ^ Yamaguchi, Mari (3 February 2020). "Amid US-Iran tensions, Japanese warship heads to Middle East". Navy Times. The Associated Press. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Japan sending its largest naval vessel to RIMPAC". June 2022.
  12. ^ Japanese Ministry of Defence (9 August 2022). "JS IZUMO and JS TAKANAMI conducted a trilateral exercise with the Royal Canadian Navy and Royal New Zealand Navy". Ministry of Defence - News. Retrieved 26 April 2024.

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to JS Takanami (DD-110).
  • Kaijin-sha, ed. (August 2003). "All of the new Takanami-class DD". Ships of the World (614). Kaijin-sha: 75–101. NAID 40005855324.
  • Saunders, Stephen. IHS Jane's Fighting Ships 2013-2014. Jane's Information Group (2003). ISBN 0710630484