JMSDF DEFENSE SHIP TAKANAMI

Takanami (DD-110) is a modern Japanese missile destroyer, the keel of which was laid in 2000, launched in July 2001, and commissioned in 2003. The total length of the ship is 151 meters and 17.4 meters wide. Full displacement is about 6,300 tons, and the maximum speed is around 30-31 knots. The destroyer's armament includes: a single 127 mm Mark 45 gun, two 20 mm Vulcan Phalanx sets, a single 32-rail VLS Mk. 41 or two 324 mm triple torpedo tubes. The ship has a single Mitsubishi SH-60 helicopter. The Takanami (DD-110) is the lead unit of the destroyer class of the same name. Takanami-class units were designed and built around the Murasame class of units. Compared to their predecessors, they differ mainly: a much more modern fire control system (OPS-24B), a completely new sonar, as well as changed artillery and missile weapons. At present, they are complementary to the Congo and Atago class units, rather serving as anti-sea and underwater target units. The first of this class of vessels, the Takanami (DD-110), was built at the IHI Corporation shipyard in Tokyo. Its name refers to the Japanese destroyer from World War II. The unit, shortly after entering service - in 2004 - was sent to the Indian Ocean in order to support the American activities related to the so-called war on terrorism, which, however, was met with protests in the country. In the same year, the ship took part in a rescue and humanitarian operation in Thailand caused by the earthquake and tsunami. In the period 2009-2010, the destroyer operated in the Somali region, carrying out anti-piracy activities and - above all - protecting civil shipping. Takanami (DD-110) remains in active service.