JDS Shirayuki
 Shirayuki | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Japan | |
| Name: | JS Shirayuki |
| Builder: | Hitachi |
| Laid down: | 3 December 1979 |
| Launched: | 4 August 1981 |
| Commissioned: | 8 February 1982 |
| Decommissioned: | 27 April 2016 |
| Reclassified: | TV-3517 |
| Status: | Retired |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Hatsuyuki-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 2,950 long tons (3,000 t) |
| Length: | 130 m (430 ft) |
| Beam: | 13.6 m (45 ft) |
| Draft: | 4.2 m (14 ft) |
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| Speed: | 30 knts |
| Complement: | 200 |
| Armament: |
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| Aircraft carried: | 1 S-61 Sea King or SH-60J Seahawk |
| Aviation facilities: | flight deck and hangar for 1 helicopter |
JDS Shirayuki is a Hatsuyuki-class destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. Commissioned in 1982.
Construction and design
Shirayuki was ordered as part of the Japan Self-Defense Forces 1978 defense estimates as the second ship of the Hatsuyuki-class, and was laid down at Hitachi's Maizuru shipyard on 3 December 1979.[1] The ship was launched on 4 August 1981, and commissioned on 8 February 1983.[2]
The Hatsuyuki class were designed as multi-purpose ships, with a balanced armament and sensor fit, so that the ships could carry out anti-submarine and anti-surface ship operations while being capable of defending themselves against air attack. A hangar and flight deck are carried for a single helicopter, which was initially the Mitsubishi HSS-2, a license-built Sikorsky Sea King, later replaced by Mitsubishi H-60s (licensed Sikorsky S-70s), with the Canadian Beartrap haul-down system fitted to ease operations of large helicopters.[2][3] An octuple Mk 112 launcher for ASROC anti-submarine missiles is fitted forward, while additional close-in anti-submarine armament is provided by two triple 324-mm torpedo-tubes for Mark 46 anti-submarine torpedoes.[2][3] The initial anti-aircraft armament consisted of a Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missile launcher aft, with an OTO Melara 76 mm gun forward. Eight Harpoon anti-ship missiles are carried in two quadruple mounts abaft the ship's funnel.[2]
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References
- Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen, eds. (1995). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.
- Moore, John (1985). Jane's Fighting Ships 1985–86. Jane's Yearbooks. ISBN 0-7106-0814-4.
- Saunders, Stephen (2002). Jane's Fighting Ships 2002–2003. Coulsdon, UK: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 0-7106-24328.