JS Akebono (DD-108)

	JS Akebono at Pearl Harbor in 2010
History
Japan
Name	Akebono ; (いかづち);
Namesake	Akebono (1955)
Ordered	1997
Builder	IHI Corporation, Tokyo
Laid down	29 October 1999
Launched	25 September 2000
Commissioned	19 March 2002
Homeport	Kure
Identification	MMSI number: 431999654; Pennant number:DD-108;
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	2 × IHI-GE LM2500 gas turbines; 2 × KHI-RR SM1C gas turbines; 60,000 shp (45 MW); 2 shafts, cp props;
Speed	30 knots (35 mph; 56 km/h)
Complement	165
Sensors and ; processing systems	OYQ-9 CDS (w/ Link-11); OYQ-103 ASWCS; FCS-2-31 fire-control systems; OPS-24B air search radar; OPS-28 surface search radar; OQS-5 hull sonar; OQR-2 TASS;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	NOLQ-3 suite; Mk. 36 SRBOC Chaff and Decoy Launching System; AN/SLQ-25 torpedo decoys;
Armament	1 × OTO Melara 76 mm gun; 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS; 8 × SSM-1B Anti-ship missile in quad canisters; 2 × triple 324 mm torpedo tubes; 16-cell Mk. 48 VLS with Evolved Sea Sparrow SAM; 16-cell with VL-ASROC;
Aircraft carried	1 × SH-60J/K anti-submarine helicopter

JS Akebono (DD-108) is the eighth ship of Murasame-class destroyers. She was commissioned on 19 March 2002.^[1]

Construction and career[]

Akebono was laid down on October 29, 1999 at IHI Corporation Tokyo as the 1997 plan and launched on September 25, 2000. Commissioned on March 19, 2002, was incorporated into the 4th Escort Corps of the 4th Escort Corps and deployed to Kure.

In June 2019, it was decided to additionally participate in the 2019 Indo-Pacific dispatch training in which the escort vessels JS Izumo and JS Murasame are participating. Conduct joint training with the navies of each country in the Indo-Pacific region during the dispatch.^[2]

Gallery[]

JS Akebono leaving Pearl Harbor on 6 July 2010.
JS Akebono and USS Lake Erie on 14 July 2010.
JS Akebono underway on 14 July 2010.
JS Akebono underway on 14 July 2010.
JS Akebono, JS Murasame and JS Izumo on 26 July 2019.

Citations[]

^ "DD-101 Murasame Class". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
^ https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/201906/20190605.pdf

References

Saunders, Stephen. IHS Jane's Fighting Ships 2013-2014. Jane's Information Group (2003). ISBN 0710630484
Heihachiro Fujiki (August 2003). "Development of multi-purpose DDs for "8-8 escort flotilla". Ships of the World (in Japanese). Kaijinn-sha (614): 94–99.

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[1] "DD-101 Murasame Class". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 1 November 2020.

[2] ttps://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/201906/20190605.pdf

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v t Murasame-class destroyers
Murasame Harusame Yūdachi Kirisame Inazuma Samidare Ikazuchi Akebono Ariake
Preceded by: Asagiri class Followed by: Takanami class
List of destroyers of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

History
JS Akebono at Pearl Harbor in 2010
Japan
Name	Akebono (いかづち)
Namesake	Akebono (1955)
Ordered	1997
Builder	IHI Corporation, Tokyo
Laid down	29 October 1999
Launched	25 September 2000
Commissioned	19 March 2002
Homeport	Kure
Identification	MMSI number: 431999654 Pennant number:DD-108
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	2 × IHI-GE LM2500 gas turbines 2 × KHI-RR SM1C gas turbines 60,000 shp (45 MW) 2 shafts, cp props
Speed	30 knots (35 mph; 56 km/h)
Complement	165
Sensors and processing systems	OYQ-9 CDS (w/ Link-11) OYQ-103 ASWCS FCS-2-31 fire-control systems OPS-24B air search radar OPS-28 surface search radar OQS-5 hull sonar OQR-2 TASS
Electronic warfare & decoys	NOLQ-3 suite Mk. 36 SRBOC Chaff and Decoy Launching System AN/SLQ-25 torpedo decoys
Armament	1 × OTO Melara 76 mm gun 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 8 × SSM-1B Anti-ship missile in quad canisters 2 × triple 324 mm torpedo tubes 16-cell Mk. 48 VLS with Evolved Sea Sparrow SAM 16-cell with VL-ASROC
Aircraft carried	1 × SH-60J/K anti-submarine helicopter