JS Shimakaze

History
JS Shimakaze (DDG-172) firing in a gunnery exercise on 21 December 2015
Japan
Name	Shimakaze (しまかぜ)
Namesake	Shimakaze (1942)
Builder	Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Laid down	13 January 1985
Launched	30 January 1987
Commissioned	23 March 1988
Reclassified	Training vessel, 19 March 2021
Homeport	Kure
Identification	MMSI number: 431999525 Hull number: TV-3521
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class & type	Hatakaze-class destroyer
Displacement	4674 tons standard 6096 tons full load
Length	492.1 ft (150.0 m)
Beam	53.9 ft (16.4 m)
Draft	15.8 ft (4.8 m)
Propulsion	2 x Kawasaki/Rolls-Royce Spey SM1A gas turbines 2 x Rolls-Royce Olympus gas turbines 2 x shafts 72,000 shp (54,000 kW)
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement	260
Sensors & processing systems	AN/SPS-52 air-search radar OPS-11C air-search radar
Armament	2 x 5 in (130 mm) 54 caliber Mark 42 deck gun 8 x Harpoon ship-to-ship missiles 1 x SM-1MR Mk13 Mod4 ship-to-air missile launcher 1 x ASROC Mk112 octuple launcher (anti submarine) 2 x 20mm Phalanx CIWS 2 x Type 68 triple torpedo tubes
Aviation facilities	1 × SH-60K helicopter

JS Shimakaze (DDG-172/TV-3521) is the second ship of the Hatakaze-class guided missile destroyers built for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). The ship was reclassified as a training ship in 2021.