JS Shimakaze

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).

Shimakaze was laid down on the 13 January 1985 at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries shipyard in Nagasaki.

[1] On 23 November 2017, Shimakaze, along with JS Kaga, Ise, Teruzuki, and Samidare, participated in the search and rescue of a crashed C-2A Greyhound from the United States Navy 7th Fleet.

[2] HMCS Ottawa, JS Chōkai, and Shimakaze participated in a bilateral exercise between the Royal Canadian Navy and the JMSDF on 16 October 2019.

[3] On 30 March 2020, Shimakaze was damaged in a collision with a Chinese fishing vessel in the East China Sea.