JS ''Hatakaze'' (DDG-171/TV-3520) is a

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built for 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). ''Hatakaze'' was the first vessel completed of her class. She was the first JMSDF vessel to use gas turbine propulsion.

Construction and career

''Hatakaze'' was laid down on the 20 May 1983 at

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shipyard in

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. She was launched on 9 November 1984, and commissioned on 27 March 1986. On 31 May 1994, ''Hatakaze'' along with , , , , , , , and departed from

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Naval Base and participated in the RIMPAC 1994 exercise held in the waters around

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from 23 June to 6 July. She was converted to a training vessel on 19 March 2020 and was redesignated as TV-3520. On 18 August, a JMSDF MCH-101 helicopter successfully landed and took off from ''Hatakaze''. From 9 February to 16 March 2021, she participated in the open sea practice voyage of the 54th General Executive Candidate Course (internal course) students with the escort ship JS ''Yūgiri'' and the training ship . On 28 February, ''Hatakaze'' conducted joint training with and in the sea and airspace around

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.https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/202103/20210303.pdf

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hatakaze (DDG-171) 1984 ships Hatakaze-class destroyers Ships built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Training ships of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

Construction and career

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