JS Suzutsuki

{{short description|Destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force}} {{Other ships|Japanese destroyer Suzutsuki}}

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'''JS ''Suzutsuki'' (DD-117)''' is the third ship of Akizuki-class destroyers, operated by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. She was commissioned on 12 March 2014.

==Construction and career== ''Suzutsuki'' was laid down on May 18, 2011 at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works as the 2009 plan 5,000-ton type escort ship No. 2246 based on the medium-term defense capability development plan, and launched on October 17, 2012. Commissioned on March 12, 2014, it was incorporated into the 8th Escort Corps of the 4th Escort Corps and deployed to Sasebo.

On July 10, 2016, as part of the 25th dispatched anti-piracy action surface corps, it sailed from Sasebo base to the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia with the escort ship JS Inazuma and returned to Japan on January 12, 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Facebook|url=https://www.facebook.com/JMSDF.PAO.fp/photos/pcb.1321669347894780/1321669027894812/?type=3|access-date=2020-10-29|website=www.facebook.com}}</ref>

From October 13 to November 25, 2017, she was dispatched to the waters around Hawaii and participated in the US dispatch training.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/info/news/201710/20171010-03.pdf | title=平成２９年度米国派遣訓練(護衛艦)について | language=ja | trans-title=FY2017 US dispatch training (escort vessel) | website=www.mod.go.jp}}</ref>

From August 26 to October 30, 2018, participated in the Indo-Pacific dispatch training with the escort vessels JS Kaga and JS Inazuma, and visited India, Indonesia, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Philippines. On September 13, she joined the submarine JS Kuroshio in the South China Sea and conducted anti-submarine warfare training.

On April 21, 2019, she entered Qingdao to participate in the International Fleet Review Ceremony to be held on April 23 near Qingdao, Shandong Province, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the PLA Navy. It had been about seven and a half years since the last JMSDF ship visited China in December 2011.

From August 15 to 17, 2020, Japan-US joint training was conducted with the US Navy destroyer USS Mustin in the East China Sea.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/202008/20200818.pdf | title=日米共同訓練について | language=ja | trans-title=Japan-U.S. Joint Training | website=www.mod.go.jp}}</ref>

On July 4, 2024, without notifying the Chinese government, ''Suzutsuki'' briefly entered Chinese territorial waters about 22 kilometers off the coast of Zhejiang Province. At the time, the Chinese Navy was conducting military exercises. After being warned multiple times by the broadcasts of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy and two warnings of shelling, ''Suzutsuki'' was finally driven away.<ref name="NHK20240711">{{Cite web |date=2024-07-11 |title=海自の護衛艦一時中国領海を航行防衛省がいきさつを調査 |url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20240711/k10014508091000.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240710225058/https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20240711/k10014508091000.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 July 2024 |accessdate=2024-08-29 |publisher=NHK}}</ref> The Ministry of Foreign Affairs made "solemn representations" to Japan and asked for an explanation. Japan responded at the time that it was a technical failure.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-07-11 |title=海自艦、中国領海に一時侵入「技術的ミス」と釈明 |url=https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOGM119IG0R10C24A7000000/ |accessdate=2024-07-18 |newspaper=日本経済新聞}}</ref> On September 22, Japan responded that the captain had mistakenly entered Chinese territorial waters without knowing the location and had been replaced.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-09-23 |title=中国領海への誤侵入、艦長更迭海自艦、位置把握せず |url=https://www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/355972 |accessdate=2024-09-23 |newspaper=東京新聞 TOKYO Web}}</ref>

== Gallery == <gallery mode="nolines" widths="180"> File:JS Suzutsuki(DD-117) Left Side View at Hanshin Base 20150718.JPG|JS ''Suzutsuki'' at Hanshin Base, 18 July 2015 File:JS Suzutsuki＆USS Mustin.jpg|JS ''Suzutsuki'' sails with {{USS|Mustin|DDG-89|6}}, 17 August 2020 File:JS Suzutsuki（DD-117） conducted a Japan-U.S. bilateral exercise with Blue Ridge（LCC-19）.jpg|JS ''Suzutsuki'' sails with {{USS|Blue Ridge|LCC-19|6}}, 11 July 2023 </gallery>

==References== {{Commons category|JS Suzutsuki (DD-117)}} {{Reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Suzutsuki (DD-117)}} Category:2012 ships Category:Ships built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Category:Akizuki-class destroyers (2010)