DD-101 JS Murasame class Destroyer JMSDF Japan Navy

Japan Maritime Self Defense Force / JMSDF - Destroyer
DD-101 JS Murasame

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Type, class: Destroyer, DD; Murasame class
Builder: Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries (IHI), Tokyo, Japan

STATUS:
Laid down: August 18, 1993
Launched: August 23, 1994
Commissioned: March 12, 1996
IN SERVICE

Homeport: Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
Namesake: むらさめ / Murasame = Village Rain
Technical Data: see INFO > Murasame class Destroyer

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JS Murasame (DD-101):

Murasame was a participant in the 1998, 2000 and 2003 RIMPAC naval exercises. On 13 October 2002 she also served as the lead ship in the international naval review celebrating the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

Murasame was dispatched on 16 February 2004, along with the transport Osumi, as part of the supporting force for the Japanese Iraq Reconstruction and Support Group.

In 2005, Murasame participated in the international naval review celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar.

On 24 January 2008, together with the fleet oiler Oume, Murasame was sent to the Indian Ocean to provide refueling and logistics support for Allied forces in Operation Enduring Freedom. She arrived on station on 21 February, and returned to Yokosuka on 4 June.

On 10 May 2010, Murasame, along with the destroyer Yugiri, was dispatched to the coast of Somalia to participate in anti-piracy escort operations. From 5 June to 16 September she undertook 34 sorties, and returned to Japan on 15 October 2010.

On 21 January 2012 Murasame was dispatched to Aden, Yemen together with her sister ship Harusame, to resume anti-piracy escort operations off the coast of Somalia. The context for this extended deployment off the Horn of Africa was the "Law on the Penalization of Acts of Piracy and Measures Against Acts of Piracy (Anti-Piracy Measures Law)". She completed 188 sorties, including a number of joint operations with the Indian Navy and returned to Yokosuka on 5 July 2012. She remains currently assigned to JMSDF Escort Flotilla 1.

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