JS Sawayuki
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Builder | IHI Maritime |
Laid down | 22 Apr 1981 |
Launched | 21 Jun 1982 |
Commissioned | 15 Feb 1984 |
Decommissioned | 1 April 2013 |
Homeport | Yokosuka |
Status | Retired |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Hatsuyuki-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,950 long tons (3,000 t) |
Length | 130 m (430 ft) |
Beam | 13.6 m (45 ft) |
Draft | 4.2 m (14 ft) |
JS Sawayuki (DD-125) is a Hatsuyuki-class destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).
The ship was built by IHI Maritime in Tokyo and commissioned into service on 15 Feb 1984.[1]
Service
[edit]This ship was one of several in the JMSDF fleet participating in disaster relief after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.[2]
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Notes
[edit]- ^ GlobalSecurity.org, DD-122 Hatsuyuki Class
- ^ Seawaves,"Warships Supporting Earthquake in Japan" Archived 2011-03-23 at the Wayback Machine