JS Kirishima

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Kongō-class guided missile destroyer

title: "JS Kirishima" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["kongō-class-destroyers", "1993-ships", "ships-built-by-mitsubishi-heavy-industries"] description: "Kongō-class guided missile destroyer" topic_path: "general/kongo-class-destroyers" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JS_Kirishima" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Kongō-class guided missile destroyer ::

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section1{{Infobox ship/image
imageJS Kirishima in the Pacific, -22 Feb. 2008 a.jpg
image_captionJS Kirishima underway on 22 February 2008
section2{{Infobox ship/career
countryJapan
flag
name*Kirishima
namesakeMount Kirishima
ordered1990
builderMitsubishi Heavy Industries
laid_down7 April 1992
launched19 August 1993
commissioned16 March 1995
homeportYokosuka
identification*
statusActive
section3{{Infobox ship/characteristics
class
displacement*7500 tons standard
length528.2 ft
beam68.9 ft
draft20.3 ft
propulsion*4 Ishikawajima Harima/General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines;
speed30 knots (56 km/h)
range*4,500 nautical miles at 20 knots
complement300
sensors*AN/SPY-1D
EWNOLQ-2 intercept / jammer
armament* 1 × 127 mm (5 in)/54 Caliber Oto Melara Compact Gun
aircraft1 × SH-60K helicopter
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  • (きりしま) | namesake = Mount Kirishima | ordered = 1990 | builder = Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | laid_down = 7 April 1992 | launched = 19 August 1993 | acquired = | commissioned = 16 March 1995 | homeport = Yokosuka | decommissioned = | in_service = | out_of_service = | struck = | reinstated = | identification = *
  • Pennant number: DDG-174 | honours = | fate = | status = Active | notes =

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JS Kirishima (DDG-174) is a guided missile destroyer in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). Kirishima was named for Mount Kirishima. She was laid down by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Nagasaki, Nagasaki on 7 April 1992, and was launched on 19 August 1993.

It was not until 16 March 1995 that she was commissioned. She is based at the JMSDF base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, and as of 2014, is the flagship of Rear Admiral Hidetoshi Iwasaki.

History

In 2003 the Kirishima was deployed to the Indian Ocean as logistical support for US forces engaged in the war on terror. This prompted some opposition including protests and boatloads of protesters attempting to block the ship from leaving its harbor at Yokosuka. It was later replaced in the deployment by the destroyer .

Kirishima underwent modification at Nagasaki to add the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMD) capability to its weapons suite.

This ship was one of several in the JMSDF fleet participating in disaster relief after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

The ship was also deployed in preparation for North Korea's launch of Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 in March 2012.

From 26 June to 1 August 2014, Kirishima participated in RIMPAC alongside . In November, it participated in the Keen Sword 15 exercises with the US. The ship was responsible for guarding the , the US aircraft carrier then forward-deployed to Japan.

Gallery

File:DDG-174 12l.jpg|JS Kirishima, date unknown File:US Navy 080626-N-3931M-013 The Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force ship JS Kirishima (DD 174) pulls into Pearl harbor for a scheduled port call before starting Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2008.jpg|JS Kirishima pulls into Pearl Harbor before RIMPAC, 26 June 2008 File:JS Kirishima (DDG-174).jpg|JS Kirishima at Yokosuka on 13 July 2009 File:US Navy 101029-N-XXXXX-004 An SM-3 (Block 1A) missile is launched from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer JS Kirishima (DD 174), succe.jpg|JS Kirishima launching a SM-3 on 29 October 2010 File:JS Kirishima and JS Sawayuki at Yokosuka, -10 Jun. 2012 a.jpg|JS Kirishima and on 10 June 2012 File:JS Kirishima (DDG-174) vertrekt uit Pearl Harbour voor deelname aan de RIMPAC 2014, -7 juli 2014 a.jpg|JS Kirishima at Pearl Harbor on 7 July 2014 File:JS Kirishima, DDG-174 20220524a.jpg|JS Kirishima moored next to , 24 May 2022

References

References

  1. Kelly, Tim [http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/11/21/national/japan-raises-military-profile-maritime-war-games-u-s/ Japan raises military profile in maritime war games with U.S. 21 November 2014] ''[[Japan Times]]'' Retrieved 13 May 2017
  2. McNeill, David [http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2003/01/14/issues/japanese-activists-rally-to-antiwar-cry/ Japanese activists rally to antiwar cry 14 January 2003] ''[[Japan Times]]'' Retrieved 13 May 2017
  3. [http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2003/04/04/national/defense-agency-to-rotate-aegis-ships/ Defense Agency to rotate Aegis ships 4 April 2003] ''[[Japan Times]]'' Retrieved 13 May 2017
  4. "Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense to Third Japanese Destroyer : Naval Forces : Defense News Air Force Army Navy News".
  5. Seawaves,[http://www.seawaves.com/japan2011.asp "Warships Supporting Earthquake in Japan"] {{webarchive. link. (23 March 2011)
  6. [http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/04/06/national/pac-3-deployment-in-okinawa-complete/ PAC-3 deployment in Okinawa complete 6 April 2012] {{Webarchive. link. (10 November 2017 ''[[Japan Times]]'' Retrieved 13 May 2017)
  7. "Participating Force".

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