JS ''Harusame'' (DD-102) is the second ship of s. She was commissioned on 24 March 1997.

Design

The hull design was completely renovated from first-generation destroyers. In addition to increasing the size in order to reduce the underwater radiation noise, both

superstructure A superstructure is an upward extension of an existing structure above a baseline. This term is applied to various kinds of physical structures such as buildings, bridges, or ships. Aboard ships and large boats On water craft, the superstruct ...

and hull was inclined to reduce the

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. However, there is no angled tripod mainmast like the one of the American because of the heavy weather of the

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in winter. The aft was designed like a "mini-

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" as with the to avoid interference between helicopters and

mooring A mooring is any permanent structure to which a vessel may be secured. Examples include quays, wharfs, jetties, piers, anchor buoys, and mooring buoys. A ship is secured to a mooring to forestall free movement of the ship on the water. An ''anc ...

devices. Destroyers built under the First Defense Build-up Plan, including the former , adopted a unique long forecastle style called "Oranda-zaka". The engine arrangement is

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as same as ''Asagiri'' class, but a pair of engines are updated to Spey SM1C. And the remaining one pair are replaced by

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, same as ''Kongō'' class.

Construction and career

''Harusame'' was

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on 11 August 1994 at

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as the 1992 plan and launched on 16 October 1995. Commissioned on 24 March 1997, the vessel was incorporated into the 8th Escort Corps of the 4th Escort Corps and deployed to

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. From 17 to 29 September and 15 October to 23 October 2019, Japan-Australia joint training (Japan-Australia Trident) was held in the sea and airspace from the south of

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to the west of

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via the area around

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. In addition to ''Harusame'' the escort vessels , , , the supply ship and P-1 patrol aircraft or P-3C patrol aircraft and submarines, and ships from the

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participated. On 24 November, the same year, she departed from Sasebo for the

Gulf of Aden The Gulf of Aden ( ar, خليج عدن, so, Gacanka Cadmeed 𐒅𐒖𐒐𐒕𐒌 𐒋𐒖𐒆𐒗𐒒) is a deepwater gulf of the Indian Ocean between Yemen to the north, the Arabian Sea to the east, Djibouti to the west, and the Guardafui Channe ...

off the coast of Somalia as the 35th Expeditionary Piracy Action Water Corps. Due to the fact that some members of the ship completed their mission in late May 2020 and developed symptoms of suspected

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on their way back to Japan, they planned to return to Japan on 20 June, one day earlier. The vessel returned to port on 19 June. On 22 May 2022, ''Harusame'' departed Sasebo for the Gulf of Aden as the 42nd Deployment Surface for Counter Piracy Enforcement. The vessel relieved .

Gallery

File:JS Harusame off Hawaii, -2 Aug. 1998 a.jpg, JS ''Harusame'' off

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on 2 August 1998. File:JDS Harusame DD102.jpg, JS ''Harusame'' underway on 23 March 2006. File:JS Harusame and Tokiwa at SDF Fleet Review 2006 a.jpg, JS ''Harusame'' refueling with on 29 October 2006. File:DD102harusame.jpg, JS ''Harusame'' 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 1 January 2009. File:JMSDF DD-102 Harusame.JPG, JS ''Harusame'' at Yokosuka 7 August 2010. File:Harusame (DD-102), Pacific Ocean.jpg, JS ''Harusame'' underway on 23 June 2011. File:JS Harusame at the Sagami Bay.jpg, JS ''Harusame'' at the

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, Japan on 11 October 2012.

Citations

References

* * Saunders, Stephen. ''IHS Jane's Fighting Ships 2013-2014''. Jane's Information Group (2003). * 1995 ships Murasame-class destroyers (1994) Ships built by Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding {{Japan-mil-ship-stub