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Construction and career

''Fuyuzuki'' was

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Works on June 14, 2011 as the 2009 plan 5,000-ton type escort ship No. 2247 based on the medium-term defense capability development plan, and launched on August 22, 2012. Commissioned on March 13, 2014, it was transferred to the 7th Escort Corps of the 3rd Escort Corps and deployed to

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. The construction cost of ''Fuyuzuki'' was about 72.6 billion yen, and since it was the first escort ship to be built in 17 years since

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, they called on retirees and

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workers to build and dress it up. The predecessor destroyer ''Fuyutsuki'' was built at the

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, and at the ceremony when he arrived at

, the captain said, ''Fuyuzuki'' has returned to Maizuru for the first time in 70 years. Participated in the US-India joint maritime training (Malabar 2015) held in the waters east of India from September 26 to November 10, 2015. Participated in the

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-sponsored multilateral maritime joint training in the waters around Darwin,

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, from August 26 to October 18, 2016. On October 11, 2016, the 3rd Escort Group was reorganized into the 3rd Escort Corps. From February 26 to March 22, 2018, she was dispatched to

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as a 2017 US training, and conducted offshore training in collaboration with the

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. From March 8 to March 14, we will participate in Multi-Sale 2018 and fight against air with the U.S. Navy missile cruiser

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, USS Benfold, and USS Mustin. Conducted anti-water warfare, anti-submarine warfare, shooting training, etc. From June 8 to 16 of the same year, she participated in the Japan-US-India Joint Training (Malabar 2018) conducted on Guam Island and the sea and airspace around the island. In addition to ''Fuyuzuki'', the participating units are the escort vessels JS Ise and JS Suzunami, five onboard aircraft, the submarine JS Sōryū, and two P-1 patrol aircraft. In addition, from June 16 to 23, joint cruise training with the US Navy was conducted with JS Suzunami in the sea and airspace from around

to the south of

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. From the US Navy, the aircraft carrier

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and several other ships participated. From November 8 to 16 of the same year, joint cruise training was conducted with several ships including the US Navy aircraft carriers

and

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in the sea and airspace from the south of Shikoku to the area around

. From October 24 to November 2, 2019, Japan-US joint training was conducted with the

and several other ships in the sea and airspace from southern

to southern

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Gallery

File:INS Shakti, JS Fuyuzuki and JS Ise during Malabar 2018.jpg, INS Shakti, JS ''Fuyuzuki'' and JS Ise during Malabar 2018. File:Indian Naval Ships Sahyadri, Shakti and Kamorta of the Eastern Fleet underway to Guam to participate in Malabar 2018.jpg, INS Shakti, JS ''Fuyuzuki'' and JS Ise during Malabar 2018.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fuyuzuki (DD-118) 2012 ships Ships built by Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding Akizuki-class destroyers (2010)