JS Shimakaze

	JS Shimakaze (DDG-172) firing in a gunnery exercise on 21 December 2015
History
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: DDG-172, TV-3521;
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and 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 and ; 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 training ship in 2021.

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