JS Ōyodo

{{Other ships|Japanese ship Ōyodo}} {{short description|Abukuma-class destroyer escort}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image =JS Ōyodo (DE-231).jpg | image_caption = JS ''Ōyodo'' }}

|section2={{Infobox ship/career | hide_header = | country = Japan | flag = {{Shipboxflag|Japan|naval}} | name = *''Ōyodo'' *(おおよど) | namesake = Ōyodo (1942) | ordered = 1987 | awarded = | builder = Hitachi, Osaka | original_cost = | yard_number = | way_number = | laid_down = 8 March 1989 | launched = 19 December 1989 | sponsor = | christened = | completed = | acquired = | commissioned = 23 January 1991 | decommissioned = | renamed = | reclassified = | refit = | struck = | reinstated = | homeport = *Ominato | identification = *{{MMSI Number|431999507}} *Pennant number: DE-231 | motto = | nickname = | honours = | fate = | status = Active | notes = | badge = }}

|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics | hide_header = | header_caption = | class ={{sclass|Abukuma|destroyer escort}} | displacement = *2,000&nbsp;tons standard *2,550&nbsp;tons full load | length = {{convert|357|ft|m|abbr=on}} | beam = {{convert|44|ft|m|abbr=on}} | height = | draft = {{convert|12|ft|m|abbr=on}} | power = | propulsion = *CODOG, two shafts *2 × Kawasaki-RR SM1A gas turbines{{convert|26,650|hp|kW|abbr=on}} * 2 × Mitsubishi S12U MTK diesels {{convert|6,000|hp|kW|abbr=on}} | speed = {{convert|27|kn|lk=in}} | range = | endurance = | boats = | troops = | complement = 120 | sensors = FCS-2 | EW = | armament = *8 × Harpoon missiles *ASROC octuple launcher *1 × Otobreda 76 mm gun *1 × Phalanx 20&nbsp;mm CIWS *2 × HOS-301 triple {{convert|324|mm|in|abbr=on}} torpedo tubes | armor = | aircraft = | aircraft_facilities = | notes = }} }} '''JS ''Ōyodo'' (DE-231)''' is the third ship of the {{sclass|Abukuma|destroyer escort}}s. She was commissioned on 23 January 1991.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Takao|first=Ishibashi|title=All Maritime Self-Defense Force Ships 1952-2002|publisher=Namiki Shobo|year=2002|isbn=|location=|pages=}}</ref>

==Construction and career== ''Ōyodo'' was laid down at Hitachi Zosen Corporation Osaka Shipyard on 8 March 1989 and launched on 19 December 1989. She was commissioned on 23 January 1991 and deployed to Sasebo.<ref>{{Cite book|last=|first=|title=World Ships Special Edition 66th Collection Maritime Self-Defense Force All Ship History|publisher=Gaijinsha|year=2004|isbn=|location=|pages=}}</ref>

On 20 June 1991, the 39th Escort Corps was newly formed under the Sasebo District Force and was incorporated with {{ship|JS|Sendai}}.

On 24 March 1997, the 39th escort corps was renamed to the 26th escort corps due to the revision of the corps number.

On 14 January 1999, the oil tanker ''Yoshimaru'' collided with the central port side of the ship at 11:11 am while moored at the Kurashima quay, causing an incident that caused a break.

In response to the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake off the Pacific coast of Yokosuka caused by Tōhoku Earthquake, ''Ōyodo'' departed urgently to dispatch a disaster. On 16 March 2011, the 16th Escort Corps was abolished and transferred to the 15th Escort Corps, and the fixed port became Ōminato and transferred to the same area.

Departed on 21 September 2012 to participate in the Japan-Russia search and rescue joint training conducted in Vladivostok Port and the surrounding waters, entered Vladivostok Port on 23 September, and trained with the escort ship {{ship|JS|Ariake|DD-109|6}} on 26 September and returned to the port on 28 September.<ref>{{Cite web|title=防衛省・自衛隊：防衛省ウェブサイトのＨＴＴＰＳへの切り替えのお知らせ|url=https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/info/news/201209/091801.pdf|access-date=2021-02-05|website=www.mod.go.jp}}</ref>

On the morning of 20 March 2019, the high seas of the East China Sea (about {{cvt|410|km|disp=comma}} south of Shanghai), North Korean-registered tankers ''Yu Son'' and ''Qinhuangdao'' confirmed that a small vessel with an unknown flag, which was labeled as Qinhuangdao City, North Korea, was performing what appeared to be a ship-to-ship transfer banned by a UN Security Council resolution. ''Yu Son'' is a vessel designated by the United Nations Security Council North Korea Sanctions Committee as a target of asset freezing and port entry bans in March 2018. The supply ship {{JS|Tokiwa|AOE-423|6}} belonging to the 1st Maritime Supply Corps of the Maritime Self-Defense Force confirmed that it was there.<ref>{{Cite web|title=北朝鮮船籍タンカー「YU SON（ユソン）号」と船籍不明の小型船舶による洋上での物資の積替えの疑い|url=https://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/fp/nsp/page4_004931.html|access-date=2021-02-05|website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan|language=ja}}</ref>

== Gallery == <gallery mode="nolines" widths=180> File:JS Ōyodo (DE-231) (1).jpg File:Ōyodo (DE-231) in Ōminato, -28 september 2012 a.jpg|JS ''Ōyodo'' on 28 September 2012. File:Ōyodo (DE-231) en Uraga (MST-463) aan de Funakoshi Kade te Yokosuka, -22 september 2013 b.jpg|JS ''Ōyodo'' and {{ship|JS|Uraga}} at Yokosuka on 22 September 2013. File:Ōyodo (DE-231) en Uraga (MST-463) aan de Funakoshi Kade te Yokosuka, -22 september 2013 a.jpg|JS ''Ōyodo'' and JS ''Uraga'' at Yokosuka on 22 September 2013. File:Ōyodo (DE-231) en Uraga (MST-463) aan de Funakoshi Kade te Yokosuka, -22 september 2013 c.jpg|JS ''Ōyodo'' and JS ''Uraga'' at Yokosuka on 22 September 2013. File:JS Ōyodo (DE-231) 2020-05-25.jpg|JS ''Ōyodo'' on 25 May 2020. File:JMSDF DE231 Oyodo at Noshiro 20210711.jpg|JS ''Ōyodo'' on 11 July 2021. </gallery>

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