JS Shirane
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JS Shirane (しらね, Shi-ra-ne) (DDH-143) was the lead ship of her class of destroyers in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).
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Construction and career
The vessel was laid down by Ishikawajima-Harima in Tokyo on February 25, 1977; launched on September 18, 1978; and commissioned on March 17, 1980.
In 2011, after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, she was used as a relief ship. In 2012, along with attending RIMPAC, she also attended Fleet Week, a United States naval tradition in which naval ships are showcased.cite-ref-1[1] On December 15, 2007, a fire broke out on board Shirane near the rudder house as she was anchored at Yokosuka. It took seven hours to extinguish and injured four crew members.cite-ref-2[2]
Shirane visited Baltimore on her way to New York City as part of Fleet Week 2012.cite-ref-3[3] She was open to visitors for a few days.cite-ref-4[4] she passed by the Freedom Tower as part of the ship parade in New York Harbor and the Hudson River on May 23, 2012.cite-ref-5[5] Shirane was one of three ships sent by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force to attend Exercise RIMPAC, along with JS Bungo and the destroyer JS Myōkō.cite-ref-6[6]
She was decommissioned on March 25, 2015, as the Shirane class was slowly being phased out by the newer Izumo-class helicopter destroyers.
Post-decommissioning
In November 2015, the Japanese Ministry of Defense announced that Shirane would be in a live-fire test against the XASM-3 supersonic anti-ship missile in 2016.cite-ref-navyreco16nov15-7-0[7] After undergoing several tests in Wakasa Bay as a target for XASM-3 she was sold for scrapping on October 31 and dismantling began on the same day.cite-ref-8[8]
References
cite-note-11. ↑ citerefpotts2013Potts, JR (7 August 2013). "JDS Shirane (DDH-143) Helicopter Carrier / Destroyer (1980)". militaryfactory.com. Archived from the original on 7 May 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
cite-note-22. ↑ "Latest Stories". www.dawn.com. December 15, 2007. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
cite-note-33. ↑ "SS JOHN W BROWN updates".
cite-note-44. ↑ "JS Shirane DDH143 (Now Closed)" – via FourSquare.
cite-note-55. ↑ "People watch as the Japanese Navy ship, JS Shirane". The Baltimore Sun. May 24, 2012. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
cite-note-66. ↑ "Participating Forces - RIMPAC 2012". U.S. Navy. 9 July 2012. Archived from the original on May 17, 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
cite-note-navyreco16nov15-77. ↑ Japan to Test its New XASM-3 Supersonic Anti-Ship Missile Against Shirane-class Destroyer - Navyrecognition.com, 16 November 2015
cite-note-88. ↑ "G-105" (PDF). 2017-10-16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-10-16. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
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