JS Matsuyuki

	JS Matsuyuki at Maizuru on 26 January 2020
History
Japan
Name	Matsuyuki; (まつゆき);
Ordered	1981
Builder	IHI, Tokyo
Laid down	7 April 1983
Launched	25 October 1984
Commissioned	19 March 1986
Decommissioned	7 April 2021
Homeport	Maizuru
Identification	MMSI number: 431999541; Callsign: JSSM; Pennant number: DD-130;
Status	Retired
General characteristics
Class and type	Hatsuyuki-class destroyer
Displacement	2,950 tons standard,; 4,000 tons hull load;
Length	130 m (430 ft)
Beam	13.6 m (44 ft 7 in)
Draft	4.2 m (13 ft 9 in); 4.4 m (14 ft 5 in) (DD 129 to DD 132);
Propulsion	2 × KHI-RR TM3B gas turbines, 45,000 shp (34 MW); 2 × KHI-RR RM1C gas turbines, 9,900 shp (7.4 MW); 2 shafts, cp props;
Speed	30 knots (35 mph; 56 km/h)
Complement	200
Sensors and ; processing systems	OYQ-5 tactical data system; FCS-2 fire-control system; OPS-14 air search radar; OPS-18 surface search radar; OQS-4 hull sonar; OQR-1 TASS (in some ships);
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	NOLR-6C intercept; OLT-3 jammer; Mark 36 SRBOC; Towed torpedo decoys;
Armament	1 × OTO Melara 76 mm gun; 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS; 2 × Harpoon SSM quad canisters; 1 × Sea Sparrow SAM octuple launcher; 1 × ASROC octuple launcher; 2 × triple 324 mm torpedo tubes;
Aircraft carried	1 × HSS-2B or SH-60J helicopter

JS Matsuyuki (DD-130) is a Hatsuyuki-class destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

Development and design

The Hatsuyuki class were designed as multi-purpose ships, with a balanced armament and sensor fit, so that the ships could carry out anti-submarine and anti-surface ship operations while being capable of defending themselves against air attack. A hangar and flight deck are carried for a single helicopter, which was initially the Mitsubishi HSS-2, a license-built Sikorsky Sea King, later replaced by Mitsubishi H-60s (licensed Sikorsky S-70s), with the Canadian Beartrap haul-down system fitted to ease operations of large helicopters.^[1]^[2]

An octuple Mk 112 launcher for ASROC anti-submarine missiles is fitted forward, while additional close-in anti-submarine armament is provided by two triple 324-mm torpedo-tubes for Mark 46 anti-submarine torpedoes.^[1]^[2]

The initial anti-aircraft armament consisted of a Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missile launcher aft, with an OTO Melara 76 mm gun forward. Eight Harpoon anti-ship missiles are carried in two quadruple mounts abaft the ship's funnel.^[1]

Construction and career

Matsuyuki was laid down on 20 January 1987 and launched on 4 June 1988 by Hitachi Zosen Corporation, Maizuru. She was commissioned on 31 January 1990.

JS Kashima and JS Shimayuki departed from Ōminato base at about 11:05 am after leaving Ōminato base at 9:00 am on 15 April 2012, about eight kilometres (5.0 mi) north-northeast of the Natsumari Peninsula in Rikuoku Bay. Maritime Self-Defense Force 21st Air Group 25th Air Corps (Ōminato) patrol helicopter SH-60J (No. 8279) (Captain Masahiko Miyanaga 3) touched the main rotor to the side wall of the left vault of Matsuyuki and crashed. In this incident, Masahiko Miyanaga was killed, and Matsuyuki also damaged the side wall of the port hangar, and after transferring the training executive to Kashima, she left the training fleet for repair, but for about two weeks. After repairing, the destroyer rejoined the training fleet again.^[3]

From 15 January to 2 March 2016, she participated in the International Fleet Review Ceremony sponsored by the Indian Navy and the Japan-US-Australia Joint Overseas Cruise Training.^[4]

She was retired on 7 April 2021.^[5]