JS Ariake on 23 June 2006
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History | |
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Japan | |
Name |
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Ordered | 1997 |
Builder | Mitsubishi, Kobe |
Laid down | 18 May 1999 |
Launched | 16 October 2000 |
Commissioned | 6 March 2002 |
Homeport | Sasebo |
Identification |
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Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Murasame-class destroyer |
Displacement |
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Length | 151 m (495 ft 5 in) |
Beam | 17.4 m (57 ft 1 in) |
Draft | 5.2 m (17 ft 1 in) |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 30 knots (35 mph; 56 km/h) |
Complement | 165 |
Sensors and processing systems | |
Electronic warfare & decoys | |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × SH-60J/K anti-submarine helicopter |
JS Ariake (DD-109) (ありあけ) is the ninth ship of Murasame-class destroyers. She was commissioned on 6 March 2002.[1]