JS Akebono (DD-108)

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JS Akebono at Pearl Harbor in 2010
History
Japan
Name
  • Akebono
  • (あけぼの)
Ordered1997
BuilderIHI Corporation, Tokyo
Laid down29 October 1999
Launched25 September 2000
Commissioned19 March 2002
HomeportKure
Identification
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class & typeMurasame-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 4,550 tons standard,
  • 6,200 tons hull load
Length151 m (495 ft 5 in)
Beam17.4 m (57 ft 1 in)
Draft5.2 m (17 ft 1 in)
Propulsion
Speed30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement165
Sensors &
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Armament
Aircraft carried1 × SH-60J/K anti-submarine helicopter

JS Akebono (DD-108) is the eighth ship of Murasame-class destroyers. She was commissioned on 19 March 2002.[1]

Design

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The hull design was completely renovated from first-generation destroyers. In addition to increasing the size in order to reduce the underwater radiation noise, both the superstructure and hull were inclined to reduce the radar cross-section. There is however no angled tripod mainmast like that of the American Arleigh Burke-class destroyer because of the heavy weather of the Sea of Japan in winter. The aft was designed like a "mini-Oranda-zaka" as with the Kongō class to avoid interference between helicopters and mooring devices.[2] Destroyers built under the First Defense Build-up Plan, including the former Murasame class, adopted a unique long forecastle style called "Oranda-zaka".

The engine arrangement is COGAG as same as Asagiri class, but a pair of engines are updated to Spey SM1C. The remaining one pair were replaced with LM2500 versions, same as in the Kongō class.[2]

Construction and career

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Akebono was laid down on 29 October 1999 at IHI Corporation Tokyo as the 1997 plan and launched on 25 September 2000. The vessel was commissioned on 19 March 2002, and was incorporated into the 4th Escort Corps and deployed to Kure.

In June 2019, Akebono was dispatched to additionally participate in the 2019 Indo-Pacific dispatch training in which the vessels JS Izumo and JS Murasame were participating. The destroyer conducted joint training with the navies of each country in the Indo-Pacific region during the deployment.[3]

On 7 April 2024, Akebono conducted a joint patrol in the South China Sea with BRP Antonio Luna and BRP Valentin Diaz of the Philippine Navy, USS Mobile of the US Navy, and HMAS Warramunga of the Royal Australian Navy. This marked the first multinational patrol among the nations.[4]

In 2025, Akebono joined the Royal Navy's carrier strike group as part of Operation Highmast in a deployment to the Indo-Pacific region. The ship, along with HNoMS Roald Amundsen of the Royal Norwegian Navy,[5] took part in Exercise Konkan 2025, a bilateral and biennial maritime exercise conducted by the Royal Navy and the Indian Navy, between 5 and 12 October 2025. The Indian Navy was represented by INS Vikrant and its Carrier Battle Group (CBG). The exercise marked the maiden instance of Carrier Battle Groups from these country to operate together in an exercise. Later, the CSG ships will conduct a port call in Mumbai and Goa. During departure, another exercise on 14 October is scheduled with the Indian Air Force which will deploy its Su-30MKI and Jaguar.[6][7][8]

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Citations

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to JS Akebono (DD-108).
  1. ^ "DD-101 Murasame Class". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b Abe 2000, pp. 152–157.
  3. ^ "\平成３１年度インド太平洋方面派遣訓練の実施について" (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese). Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  4. ^ Lariosa, Aaron-Matthew (7 April 2024). "U.S., Japanese and Australian Warships Join Philippine Forces in South China Sea Patrol". USNI News. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  5. ^ Redacción (7 October 2025). "For the first time, the aircraft carriers HMS Prince of Wales and INS Vikrant of the UK and Indian navies trained together in the Indian Ocean". Zona Militar. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
  6. ^ "Exercise Konkan - 2025 commences on the Western Seaboard" (Press release). Press Information Bureau. 5 October 2025. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  7. ^ "India, UK kick off high-voltage `Konkan' naval exercise in western Indian Ocean". The Times of India. 5 October 2025. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  8. ^ "U.K. and India launch historic Carrier Strike Group Exercise Konkan". The Hindu. 5 October 2025. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 5 October 2025.

References

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  • Abe, Yasuo (July 2000). "History of JMSDF Destroyers". Ships of the World (in Japanese) (571). Kaijinn-sha. NAID 40002155847.
  • Heihachiro, Fujiki (August 2003). "Development of multi-purpose DDs for "8-8 escort flotilla". Ships of the World (in Japanese) (614). Kaijinn-sha: 94–99.
  • Saunders, Stephen. IHS Jane's Fighting Ships 2013-2014. Jane's Information Group (2003). ISBN 0710630484