JS ''Fuyuzuki'' (DD-118) is the fourth ship of destroyers, operated by the

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. She was commissioned on 13 March 2014.

Construction and career

''Fuyuzuki'' was

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Works on 14 June 2011 as the 2009 plan 5,000-ton type escort ship No. 2247 based on the medium-term defense capability development plan, and launched on August 22, 2012. Commissioned on 13 March 2014, she was transferred to the 7th Escort Corps of the 3rd Escort Corps and deployed to

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. The construction cost of ''Fuyuzuki'' was about 72.6 billion yen, and since she was the first escort ship to be built in 17 years since at

, they called on retirees and

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workers to build and decorate the ship. The predecessor destroyer (launched in January 1944) was built at the

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, and at the ceremony when she arrived at

, the captain said ''Fuyuzuki'' has returned to Maizuru for the first time in 70 years. ''Fuyuzuki'' participated in the US-India joint maritime training (Malabar 2015) held in the waters east of India from 26 September to 10 November 2015. From 26 August to 18 October, 2016, she participated in the

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-sponsored multilateral maritime joint training in the waters around Darwin,

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. On 11 October 2016, the 3rd Escort Group was reorganized into the 3rd Escort Corps. From 26 February to 22 March 2018, she was dispatched to

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as a 2017 US training, and conducted offshore training in collaboration with the

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. From 8 to 14 March, the ship participated in Multi-Sale 2018 and fight against air with the U.S. Navy missile cruiser , and destroyers , , and , conducting anti-water warfare, anti-submarine warfare, shooting training, etc. From 8 to 16 June of the same year, she participated in the Japan-US-India Joint Training (Malabar 2018) conducted on Guam Island and the sea and airspace around the island. In addition to ''Fuyuzuki'', the participating units were the escort vessels and , five onboard aircraft, the submarine , and two P-1 patrol aircraft. In addition, from 16 to 23 June 2018, ''Fuyuzuki'' and ''Suzunami'' conducted joint cruise training with the US Navy in the sea and airspace from around

to the south of

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. From the US Navy, the aircraft carrier and several other ships participated. From 8 to 16 November of the same year, ''Fuyuzuki'' joined a joint cruise training with several ships including the US Navy aircraft carriers ''Ronald Reagan'' and in the sea and airspace from the south of Shikoku to the area around

. From 24 October to 2 November 2019, ''Fuyuzuki'' participated in a Japan-US joint training with the ''Ronald Reagan'' and several other ships in the sea and airspace from southern

to southern

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Gallery

File:INS Shakti, JS Fuyuzuki and JS Ise during Malabar 2018.jpg, , ''Fuyuzuki'' and ''Ise'' during Malabar 2018. File:Indian Naval Ships Sahyadri, Shakti and Kamorta of the Eastern Fleet underway to Guam to participate in Malabar 2018.jpg, ''Shakti'', ''Fuyuzuki'' and ''Ise'' during Malabar 2018.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fuyuzuki (DD-118) 2012 ships Ships built by Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding Akizuki-class destroyers (2010)