JS Makinami (DD-112)

For other uses, see Makinami.
Makinami in 2007
Career (Japan)
Name: JS Makinami
Builder: IHI Marine United
Laid down: 17 July 2001
Launched: 8 August 2002
Commissioned: 18 March 2004
Homeport: Ōminato, Aomori Prefecture
Status: in active service, as of 2015
General characteristics
Class and type:Takanami, destroyer
Displacement:4,650 long tons (4,725 t) standard 6,300 long tons (6,401 t) full load
Length:151 m (495 ft)
Beam:17.4 m (57 ft)
Height:10.9 m (36 ft)
Draft:5.3 m (17 ft)
Propulsion:2 × Ishikawajima Harima LM-2500 gas turbines
2 × Kawasaki Rolls Royce Spey SM1C gas turbines
60,000 shp (45 MW)
2 shafts
Speed:30 knots (35 mph; 56 km/h)
Complement:175
Sensors and
processing systems:		• OPS-25B Radar
•OPS-28D Surface Search Radar
•OPS-20 Navigational Radar
•OQS-5 Sonar
•UQR-2 Towed Sonar
•Type 81 Fire Control SYystem
Electronic warfare
and decoys:		•NOLQ-3 ECM system
•4x Mk137 Chaff Dispensers
Armament:• Mitsubishi Type 90 SSM-1B SSM
• VLS Mk 41 (32 cells)
  • Evolved Sea Sparrow SAM
  • RUM-139 VL ASROC
• 1 x Otobreda 127 mm/54 gun
• 2 × 20 mm CIWS
• 2 x Type 68 triple 324 mm torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried:1 × SH-60J(K) anti-submarine helicopter [1]
Phalanx Close In Weapons System

JS Makinami (まきなみ) is the third vessel of the Takanami class destroyers of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).

Makinami was authorized under the Medium-term Defense Buildup Plan of 1996, and was built by IHI Marine United shipyards in Yokohama. She was laid down on 17 July 2001, launched on 8 August 2002. She was commissioned into service on 18 March 2004.[2] and was initially assigned to the JMSDF Escort Flotilla 2 based at Sasebo.

Service

Makinami, along with the fleet oiler Towada were assigned to the Indian Ocean in November 2006 to provide assistance in refueling anti-terrorist coalition forces in Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. She returned to Japan in March 2007.

In November 2010, Makinami, along with the destroyer Satogiri, was dispatched to Aden, Yemen to participate in anti-piracy escort operations off the coast of Somalia.[3] The destroyer was part of the sixth rotation of JMSDF vessels patrolling in this region.[4] She undertook 28 sorties, returning to Japan on January 11, 2011. On 15 March 2011, she was reassigned to the JMSDF Escort Flotilla 3, based at Ōminato in Aomori Prefecture.

On 13 August 2012 Makinami was dispatched to Aden again, together with the destroyer Yugiri, 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)".[5] Approximately 2,000 merchant ships with ties to Japan, Japan-flagged or operated by Japanese firms pass through the busy shipping zone each year.[6]

Makinami returned to Yokosuka on 11 February 2013 and remains assigned to the Third Squadron of the JMSDF Escort Flotilla 3.

In October 2013 Makinami participated in the International Fleet Review 2013 in Sydney, Australia.[7]

References

Notes

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  1. ↑ Helis.com, DD 112 JDS Makinami
  2. ↑ GlobalSecurity.org, DD-110 Takanami Class
  3. ↑ During this 2010 operation, the ship's captain was Commander Tatsuo Akimoto.
  4. ↑ Mizokami, Kyle. "The MSDF and the Horn of Africa," Japan Security Watch. January 15, 2011.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "Japanese ships leave after visit," The Hindu (India). September 29, 2010.
  7. ↑ Commonwealth of Australia (2013). "Participating Warships: International Fleet Review, Sydney, Australia, 3–11 October 2013". www.navy.gov.au. Royal Australian Navy. Retrieved 5 October 2013.