JS ''Shimakaze'' (DDG-172/TV-3521) is the second ship of the
guided missile destroyers built for the
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). The ship was reclassified as
training ship in 2021.
Construction and career
''Shimakaze'' was laid down on the 13 January 1985 at
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries shipyard in
Nagasaki. She was launched on 30 January 1987, and commissioned on 23 March 1988.
On 23 November 2017, ''Shimakaze'' along with , , and participated in the
search and rescue
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of a crashed
C-2A Greyhound
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from the
United States Navy 7th Fleet.
, and ''Shimakaze'' participated in a bilateral exercise between the
Royal Canadian Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force on 16 October 2019.
On 30 March 2020, ''Shimakaze'' was damaged in a collision with a Chinese fishing vessel in the
East China Sea
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.
''Shimakaze'' was converted to training ship and redesignated as TV-3521 on 19 March 2021.
See also
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List of active Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships
Citations
References
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External links
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1987 ships
Hatakaze-class destroyers
Ships built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Training ships of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force