JS ''Kirishima'' (DDG-174) is a guided missile
destroyer
In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, manoeuvrable, long-endurance warship intended to escort
larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against powerful short range attackers. They were originally developed in ...
in the
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
, abbreviated , also simply known as the Japanese Navy, is the maritime warfare branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, tasked with the naval defense of Japan. The JMSDF was formed following the dissolution of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) ...
(JMSDF). ''Kirishima'' was named for
Mount Kirishima
are a 1700 meter high active volcano group in Kagoshima Prefecture and Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. Numerous eruptions have been recorded since 742. Very strong eruptions happened in 788, 1716 and 1717. Augite-hypersthene andesite is t ...
. She was laid down by
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
is a Japanese multinational engineering, electrical equipment and electronics corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. MHI is one of the core companies of the Mitsubishi Group and its automobile division is the predecessor of Mitsubishi Mo ...
in
Nagasaki
is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan.
It became the sole port used for trade with the Portuguese and Dutch during the 16th through 19th centuries. The Hidden Christian Sites in the ...
,
Nagasaki
is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan.
It became the sole port used for trade with the Portuguese and Dutch during the 16th through 19th centuries. The Hidden Christian Sites in the ...
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
is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
, the city has a population of 409,478, and a population density of . The total area is . Yokosuka is the 11th most populous city in the Greater Tokyo Area, and the 12th in the Kantō region.
The city ...
, and as of 2014, is the flagship of Rear Admiral Hidetoshi Iwasaki.
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Japan raises military profile in maritime war games with U.S. 21 November 2014
''Japan Times
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History
''The Japan Times'' was launched by ...
'' Retrieved 13 May 2017
History
In 2003 the ''Kirishima'' was deployed to the Indian Ocean as logistical support for US forces engaged in the
War on Terror
The war on terror, officially the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), is an ongoing international Counterterrorism, counterterrorism military campaign initiated by the United States following the September 11 attacks. The main targets of the campa ...
. This prompted some opposition including protests and boatloads of protesters attempting to block the ship from leaving its harbor at Yokosuka. It was later replaced in the deployment by the destroyer .
''Kirishima'' underwent modification at
Nagasaki
is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan.
It became the sole port used for trade with the Portuguese and Dutch during the 16th through 19th centuries. The Hidden Christian Sites in the ...
to add the
Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System
The Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System (Aegis BMD or ABMD), also known as ''Sea-Based Midcourse'', is a United States Department of Defense Missile Defense Agency program developed to provide missile defense against short to intermediate- ...
(BMD) capability to its weapons suite.
This ship was one of several in the JMSDF fleet participating in disaster relief after the
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
The occurred at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) on 11 March. The magnitude 9.0–9.1 (M) undersea megathrust earthquake had an epicenter in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Oshika Peninsula of the Tōhoku region, and lasted approximately six minutes ...
.
The ship was also deployed in preparation for
North Korea
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...
's launch of
Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3
Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 () was a North Korean Earth observation satellite which, according to the DPRK, was for weather forecast purposes, and whose launch was widely portrayed in the West to be a veiled ballistic missile test. The satellite was la ...
in March 2012.
From 26 June to 1 August 2014, ''Kirishima'' participated in
RIMPAC
RIMPAC, the Rim of the Pacific Exercise, is the world's largest international maritime warfare exercise. RIMPAC is held biennially during June and July of even-numbered years from Honolulu, Hawaii, with the exception of 2020 where it was held i ...
alongside .
In November, it participated in the Keen Sword 15 exercises with the US. The ship was responsible for guarding the , the US aircraft carrier then forward-deployed to Japan.
Gallery
File:DDG-174 12l.jpg, JS ''Kirishima'', date unknown
File:JS Kirishima (DDG-174).jpg, JS ''Kirishima'' at Yokosuka
is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
, the city has a population of 409,478, and a population density of . The total area is . Yokosuka is the 11th most populous city in the Greater Tokyo Area, and the 12th in the Kantō region.
The city ...
on 13 July 2009
File:US Navy 101029-N-XXXXX-004 An SM-3 (Block 1A) missile is launched from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer JS Kirishima (DD 174), succe.jpg, JS ''Kirishima'' launching a SM-3
The RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) is a ship-based surface-to-air missile system used by the United States Navy to intercept short- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles as a part of Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System. Although primari ...
on 29 October 2010
File:JS Kirishima and JS Sawayuki at Yokosuka, -10 Jun. 2012 a.jpg, JS ''Kirishima'' and JS Sawayuki
JS ''Sawayuki'' (DD-125) is a of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).
The ship was built by IHI Maritime in Tokyo and commissioned into service on 15 Feb 1984.
Service
This ship was one of several in the JMSDF fleet participating ...
on 10 June 2012
File:JS Kirishima (DDG-174) vertrekt uit Pearl Harbour voor deelname aan de RIMPAC 2014, -7 juli 2014 a.jpg, JS ''Kirishima'' at Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor is an American lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. It was often visited by the Naval fleet of the United States, before it was acquired from the Hawaiian Kingdom by the U.S. with the signing of the Re ...
on 7 July 2014
References
External links
GlobalSecurity.org; JMSDF DDG ''Kongo'' Class
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Kongō-class destroyers
1993 ships
Ships built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries