{{short description|Destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force}} {{Other ships|Japanese destroyer Nagatsuki}} {{Multiple issues| {{More citations needed|date=January 2025}} {{More footnotes needed|date=January 2025}} }} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image=JS Nagatsuki (DD-167) in New York Harbor, -4 Jul. 1986 b.jpg | image_caption=JDS ''Nagatsuki'' on 4 July 1986 }}
|section2={{Infobox ship/career | hide_header= | country= Japan | flag= {{Shipboxflag|Japan|naval}} | name= *''Nagatsuki'' *(ながつき) | namesake= | ordered=1965 | awarded= | builder=Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | original_cost= | yard_number= | way_number= | laid_down= 2 March 1968 | launched= 19 March 1969 | sponsor= | christened= | completed= | acquired= | commissioned=12 February 1970 | decommissioned= 19 March 1996 | renamed= | reclassified= | refit= | struck= | reinstated= | homeport=*Maizuru | identification=DD-167 | motto= | nickname= | honours= | fate=Sunk as target, 3 August 1997 | notes= | badge= }}
|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics | hide_header= | header_caption= | class={{sclass|Takatsuki|destroyer}} |displacement=* {{cvt|3100|LT|t|lk=on}} standard *{{cvt|4500|LT|t}} full load |length={{cvt|136.0|m|ftin}} overall |beam={{cvt|13.4|m|ftin}} |draft={{cvt|4.4|m|ftin}} |propulsion=*{{cvt|60000|shp|lk=in}}, 2 shafts *2 × Mitsubishi/WH reaction/impulse steam turbines *2 × Mitsubishi CE water tube boilers |speed={{convert|32|kn|lk=in}} |range={{cvt|6000|nmi|lk=in}} at {{cvt|16|kn}} |endurance= |complement=*260–270 |sensors=*OPS-11B EWR, OPS-17 SSR, AN/SQS-23, AN/SQS-35(J) *OPS-11C EWR |EW=*NOLR-1B *NOLQ-1 |armament=*2 × 5-inch/54-caliber Mark 42 guns *1 × eight ASROC *1 × quad Bofors {{cvt|375|mm|in}} ASW rocket launcher *2 × (III) Mk 32 ASW torpedo tubes *2 × QH-50D DASH anti-submarine drone helicopter |armor= |notes= }} }} '''JDS ''Nagatsuki'' (DD-167)''' was the fourth ship of the {{sclass|Takatsuki|destroyer|4}} of destroyers. She was commissioned on 12 February 1970.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Takatsuki class Destroyer Japan Maritime Self Defense Force|url=http://www.seaforces.org/marint/Japan-Maritime-Self-Defense-Force/Destroyer/Takatsuki-class.htm|access-date=30 October 2020|website=www.seaforces.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=DDA Takatsuki Class|url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/japan/takatsuki.htm|access-date=30 October 2020|website=www.globalsecurity.org}}{{Unreliable source|date=January 2025}}</ref>
==Construction and career== ''Nagatsuki'' was laid down on 2 March 1968, at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works as No. 2307, a 3,000-ton type A II guard ship planned for 1966 based on the Second Defense Build-up Plan, and to be laid down in 1969. Launched on 19 March 1970, commissioned on 12 February 1970, she was incorporated into the 3rd Escort Group as a ship under direct control and deployed to Maizuru, which remained her homeport throughout her career.
In 1976, ''Nagatsuki'' participated in a practicing voyage to the ocean with the training vessel {{JDS|Katori}}, and at that time, participated in the observing ceremony of the 200th anniversary of the founding of the United States in New York. On 30 March 1984, the 2nd Escort Corps was newly formed under the 3rd Escort Corps group and incorporated with sister ship {{JDS|Mochizuki||2}}. In 1986, ''Nagatsuki'' participated in a practicing voyage to the ocean, at which time she participated in the International Fleet Review Ceremony for the 100th Anniversary of the Statue of Liberty in New York. On 25 January 1989, the 2nd Escort Corps was reorganized under the Maizuru District Force.
''Nagatsuki'' participated in a training voyage to North America from June to November 1994 as the flagship of the training fleet, which consisted of escort vessels {{JDS|Takatsuki||2}}, ''Mochizuki'', and {{JDS|Shirayuki||2}}. For this reason, a wood grain sheet was attached to the equipment of the salute{{Clarification needed|date=January 2025}} (removed after the end) and the equipment panel of the officer's room.
''Nagatsuki'' was decommissioned on 1 April 1996, and a year later, on 3 August 1997, she was sunk as a target ship north of Wakasa Bay by bombardment by {{JDS|Hiei||2}}, ''Takatsuki'', and {{JS|Natsushio||2}}.<ref>{{cite magazine |last= |first= |date=November 1997 |title=世界の艦船 |trans-title=News Flash |url= |language=ja |magazine=Ships of the World |location= |publisher=Kaijinsha |access-date= |number=531 |page=64}}</ref>
''Nagatsuki''{{'}}s bell was the one that was installed on the former Imperial Japanese Navy's {{sclass|Mutsuki|destroyer}} {{ship|Japanese destroyer|Nagatsuki|1926|2}} that was stranded in the Bennett cove, Kolombangara Island. That ''Nagatsuki'' was dismantled after the war, but her bells were kept by the locals at that time, and then the ones brought back to Japan were handed over to the Maritime Self-Defense Force by the efforts of the then general manager of the Kure district, Tatsuo Chikudo, in November 1970. The bells were fitted to the ship on 17 March.{{Year needed|date=January 2025}}<ref>{{cite magazine |last= |first= |date=April 1971 |title='''長月'''の時鐘が'''ながつき'''に復活 |trans-title=The bell of ''Nagatsuki'' returns to ''Nagatsuki'' |url= |language=ja |magazine=Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force News |location= |publisher=Kaijinsha |access-date= |page=81 |number=164}}</ref>
After the ship's retirement, both the ''Nagatsuki''{{'}}s bell are both preserved at the Maizuru Navy Memorial Hall.
== Gallery == <gallery mode="nolines" widths=180> File:JS Nagatsuki (DD-167) in New York Harbor, -4 Jul. 1986 a.jpg|JDS ''Nagatsuki'' at New York Harbor on 4 July 1986. File:JS Nagatsuki (DD-167) and JS Katori (TV-3501) in New York Harbor, -4 Jul. 1986 a.jpg|JDS ''Nagatsuki'' and {{JDS|Katori}} at New York Harbor on 4 July 1986. </gallery>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== Bibliography ==
* {{cite book |last=Ishibashi |first=Takao |date=2002 |title=海上自衛隊全艦船 1952-2002 |trans-title=All Ships of the Maritime Self-Defense Force 1952-2002 |url= |language=ja |location= |publisher=Namiki Bookstore |isbn=}} * {{cite book |last= |first= |date=2004 |title=増刊第66集 海上自衛隊全艦艇史 |trans-title=Special Issue No. 66: History of All Ships of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force |series=Ships of the World |url= |language=ja |location= |publisher=Kaijinsha |isbn=}} * {{cite book |last= |first= |date=November 2011 |title=世界の艦船 第750集 |trans-title=World Ships Vol. 750 |url= |language=ja |location= |publisher=Kaijinsha |isbn=}}
{{Takatsuki class destroyers}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nagatsuki (DD-167)}} Category:1969 ships Category:Takatsuki-class destroyers Category:Ships built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Category:Ships sunk as targets