JS Ariake (DD-109)

	JS Ariake on 23 June 2006
History
Japan
Name	Ariake ; (ありあけ);
Namesake	Ariake (1959)
Ordered	1997
Builder	Mitsubishi, Kobe
Laid down	18 May 1999
Launched	16 October 2000
Commissioned	6 March 2002
Homeport	Sasebo
Identification	MMSI number: 431999655; Pennant number:DD-109;
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 Ariake (DD-109) (ありあけ) is the ninth ship of Murasame-class destroyers. She was commissioned on 6 March 2002.^[1]

Construction and career[]

Ariake was laid down on May 18, 1999 at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Kobe as the 1997 plan and launched on October 16, 2000. Commissioned on March 6, 2002, was incorporated into the 6th Escort Corps of the 2nd Escort Corps and deployed to Sasebo.

On September 13, 2020, she departed from Sasebo base for the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia as the 37th dispatched anti-piracy action water squadron.^[2]

Gallery[]

JS Ariake underway on 16 November 2002.
JS Ariake entering Pearl Harbor on 5 July 2006.
JS Ariake at Gulf of Oman on 11 December 2013.
JS Ariake at Gulf of Oman on 11 December 2013.

Citations[]

^ "DD-101 Murasame Class". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
^ https://www.mod.go.jp/js/Press/press2020/press_pdf/p20200828_01.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/js/Press/press2020/press_pdf/p20200828_01.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 Ariake on 23 June 2006
Japan
Name	Ariake (ありあけ)
Namesake	Ariake (1959)
Ordered	1997
Builder	Mitsubishi, Kobe
Laid down	18 May 1999
Launched	16 October 2000
Commissioned	6 March 2002
Homeport	Sasebo
Identification	MMSI number: 431999655 Pennant number:DD-109
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