JS Kirishima (DDG-174)
![]() JS Kirishima underway on 22 February 2008
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Name |
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Namesake | Mount Kirishima |
Ordered | 1990 |
Builder | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
Laid down | 7 April 1992 |
Launched | 19 August 1993 |
Commissioned | 16 March 1995 |
Homeport | Yokosuka |
Identification |
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Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Kongō-class destroyer |
Displacement |
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Length | 528.2 ft (161.0 m) |
Beam | 68.9 ft (21.0 m) |
Draft | 20.3 ft (6.2 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h) |
Range |
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Complement | 300 |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | NOLQ-2 intercept / jammer |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × SH-60K helicopter |
JS Kirishima (DDG-174) is a Kongō-class guided missile destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). Kirishima was named for Mount Kirishima. She was laid down by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Nagasaki, Nagasaki on 7 April 1992, and was launched on 19 August 1993.
It was not until 16 March 1995 that she was commissioned. She is based at the JMSDF base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, and as of 2014, is the flagship of Rear Admiral Hidetoshi Iwasaki.[1]
History[]
In 2003 the Kirishima was deployed to the Indian Ocean as logistical support for US forces engaged in the War on Terror. This prompted some opposition including protests and boatloads of protesters attempting to block the ship from leaving its harbor at Yokosuka.[2] It was later replaced in the deployment by the destroyer JS Kongō.[3]
Kirishima underwent modification at Nagasaki to add the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMD) capability to its weapons suite.[4]
This ship was one of several in the JMSDF fleet participating in disaster relief after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.[5]
The ship was also deployed in preparation for North Korea's launch of Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 in March 2012.[6][7]
From 26 June to 1 August 2014, Kirishima participated in RIMPAC alongside JS Ise.[8] In November, it participated in the Keen Sword 15 exercises with the US. The ship was responsible for guarding the USS George Washington, the US aircraft carrier then forward-deployed to Japan.[1]
In popular culture[]
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- JS Kirishima and USS Shiloh is mentioned by the naval officers of her sister ship JS Kongo in Highschool of the Dead where it shot down one of the four DF-21 ballistic missiles headed over Japan.
- The ship appeared in the 2013 Japanese Anime Vividred Operation along with her sister Kongō (DDG-173) as part of an allied task force fending off alien invasion.
- Featured in the music video "ナノ (nano) feat. MY FIRST STORY – SAVIOR OF SONG", the opening song for the anime "Arpeggio of Blue Steel – Ars Nova" of the manga series, 蒼き鋼のアルペジオ (Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio)
Gallery[]
JS Kirishima, date unknown
JS Kirishima at Yokosuka on 13 July 2009
JS Kirishima launching a SM-3 on 29 October 2010
JS Kirishima and JS Sawayuki on 10 June 2012
JS Kirishima at Pearl Harbor on 7 July 2014
References[]
- ^ a b Kelly, Tim Japan raises military profile in maritime war games with U.S. 21 November 2014 Japan Times Retrieved 13 May 2017
- ^ McNeill, David Japanese activists rally to antiwar cry 14 January 2003 Japan Times Retrieved 13 May 2017
- ^ Defense Agency to rotate Aegis ships 4 April 2003 Japan Times Retrieved 13 May 2017
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 January 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2008.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) "Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense to Third Japanese Destroyer" DefenseTalk. 16 January 2008
- ^ Seawaves,"Warships Supporting Earthquake in Japan" Archived 23 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ PAC-3 deployment in Okinawa complete 6 April 2012 Japan Times Retrieved 13 May 2017
- ^ RIA Novosti, "Japanese Warship Leaves Base Ahead of N.Korean Rocket Launch" Archived 4 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Participating Force". Retrieved 14 December 2020.
External links[]
Media related to JS Kirishima (DDG-174) at Wikimedia Commons
- Kongō-class destroyers
- 1993 ships
- Ships built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries