JS ''Shimayuki'' (DD-133/TV-3513) was a of the

Japanese 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) ...

Development and design

Adopting Japan's first all-gas turbine engine (

COGOG Combined gas or gas (COGOG) is a propulsion system for ships using gas turbine engines. A high efficiency, low output turbine is used for cruising speeds with a high output turbine being used for high-speed operations. A clutch allows either turb ...

), equipped with well-balanced weapons such as helicopters, C4I systems, and various missiles, it is inferior to western frigates at that time. It has been evaluated as a non-escort ship. Twelve ships were built as first-generation general-purpose escort vessels in the era of eight ships and eight aircraft, they supported the escort fleet for a long time, but now they are gradually retiring due to aging. In addition, there are many changes to training ships, and up to three ships have been operated in the training fleet as ''Shimayuki''-class training ships, but the decline has begun with the conversion of ''Hatakaze''-class destroyers to training ships. The core of the combat system is the OYQ-5 Tactical Data Processing System (TDPS), composed of one

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computer and five OJ-194B

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s and capable of receiving data automatically from other ships via Link-14 (

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5514). This is the first destroyer class in the JMSDF equipped with the Sea Sparrow Improved basic point defense missile system. The IBPDMS of this class uses FCS-2 fire-control systems of Japanese make and one octuple launcher at the afterdeck. And in the JMSDF,

OTO Melara 76 mm The OTO Melara 76 mm gun is a naval gun built and designed by the Italian defence company OTO Melara. It is based on the OTO Melara 76/62C and evolved toward 76/62 SR and 76/62 Strales. The system is compact enough to be installed on rel ...

compact gun and

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surface-to-surface missile A surface-to-surface missile (SSM) or ground-to-ground missile (GGM) is a missile designed to be launched from the ground or the sea and strike targets on land or at sea. They may be fired from hand-held or vehicle mounted devices, from fixed ins ...

are adopted from the ship of FY1977 including this class. Also, ships built in FY1979 and beyond carried

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and were retrofitted to previous ships.

Construction and career

''Shimayuki'' was

laid down Laying the keel or laying down is the formal recognition of the start of a ship's construction. It is often marked with a ceremony attended by dignitaries from the shipbuilding company and the ultimate owners of the ship. Keel laying is one o ...

on 8 May 1984 and launched on 29 January 1986 at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Shipyard in

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. She commissioned on 18 February 1987. In 1990, she participated in Exercise RIMPAC 1990. On 22 March 2013, the first female captain of the Maritime Self-Defense Force as a training ship was appointed as the training ship . At around 20:50 on June 11, the same year, it was reported that there was a danger of collision when approaching a car carrier (26,651 tons) that was facing the

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(off the coast of Mutsure Island, Shimonoseki City) while sailing toward Sasebo Base.

Gallery

File:JS Setoyuki（TV-3518） and JS Simayuki（TV-3513） in Hanshin Base 20130720.JPG, JS ''Shimayuki'' and at Hashin Base on 20 July 2013. File:JS Shimayuki (TV - 3513) and JS Setoyuki (DD - 131). At Kure Port. November 2016.jpg, JS ''Shimayuki'' and JS ''Setoyuki'' at

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on 23 November 2016. File:JMSDF 1St Training Division.jpg, JS ''Shimayuki'', ''Setoyuki'' and on 31 May 2019. File:JMSDF-shimayuki in Marine United Kure Shipyard.jpg, JS ''Shimayuki'' at Marine United Kure Shipyard on 20 October 2019.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shimayuki 1986 ships Hatsuyuki-class destroyers Ships built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Training ships of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force