JDS Sawakaze

JS Sawakaze in Yokosuka on 1 January 2009.
History
Japan
Name
  • Sawakaze
  • (さわかぜ)
NamesakeSawakaze (1919)
BuilderMitsubishi, Nagasaki
Laid down14 September 1979
Launched4 June 1981
Commissioned30 March 1983
Decommissioned25 June 2010
Homeport
IdentificationPennant number: DDG-170
FateScrapped, April 2011
General characteristics
TypeTachikaze-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 3,850 long tons (3,910 t) standard
  • 3,950 long tons (4,010 t) (DDG170)
Length143 m (469 ft 2 in)
Beam14.3 m (46 ft 11 in)
Draft
  • 4.6 m (15 ft 1 in)
  • 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) (DDG170)
Propulsion
Speed32 knots (37 mph; 59 km/h)
Complement250; 230 (DDG168); 255 (DDG170)
Armament

JS Sawakaze (DDG-170) was the third ship of the Tachikaze-class destroyers built for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).

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