JS Ikazuchi on 28 July 2010
History
Japan
Name
  • Ikazuchi
  • (いかづち)
NamesakeIkazuchi (1955)
Ordered1996
BuilderHitachi, Maizuru
Laid down25 February 1998
Launched24 June 1999
Commissioned14 March 2001
HomeportYokosuka
Identification
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and typeMurasame-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 4,550 tons standard,
  • 6,200 tons hull load
Length151 m (495 ft 5 in)
Beam17.4 m (57 ft 1 in)
Draft5.2 m (17 ft 1 in)
Propulsion
Speed30 knots (35 mph; 56 km/h)
Complement165
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Armament
Aircraft carried1 × SH-60J/K anti-submarine helicopter

JS Ikazuchi (DD-107) is the seventh ship of Murasame-class destroyers. She was commissioned on 14 March 2001.[1]

Construction and career

Ikazuchi was laid down on February 25, 1998 at Hitachi Zosen Corporation Maizuru as the 1996 plan and launched on June 24, 1999. Commissioned on March 14, 2001, was incorporated into the 5th Escort Corps of the 1th Escort Corps and deployed to Yokosuka.

From August 15 to 18, 2020, joint training was conducted with the US Navy which consists of USS Ronald Reagan and several other ships in the sea and airspace south of Okinawa.[2]

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Citations

  1. ^ "DD-101 Murasame Class". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  2. ^ https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/202008/20200819.pdf
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