{{short description|Destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force}} {{other ships|Japanese destroyer Takanami}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image |image=JMSDF December2016 (5).jpg |image_caption= JS ''Takanami'' in December 2016 }}

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{{nihongo|'''JS ''Takanami'' (DD-110)'''|たかなみ| }} is the lead vessel of the {{sclass|Takanami|destroyer}}s of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). Takanami translates to "high wave" in English.

==Design== The hull design is generally based on that of the ''Murasame'' class. However, as a part of the weaponry was changed, the internal structure was also changed accordingly. The ''Murasame'' class had a large lattice mast, which was claimed to degrade its stealthiness, leading to plans for two small masts for the ''Takanami'' - however the plans were not implemented.{{Sfn|Kaijin-sha|2003|pp=76-81}} There was also no change made to the main engines, as there was little effect on the performance of the ship.

== Construction and career == ''Takanami'' was authorized under the Medium-term Defense Buildup Plan of 1996, and was built by IHI Marine United shipyards in Uraga, Kanagawa. She was laid down on 25 April 2000 and launched on 27 July 2001. She was commissioned into service on 12 March 2003,<ref>GlobalSecurity.org, [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/japan/takanami-unit.htm DD-110 ''Takanami'' Class]</ref> and was initially assigned to the JMSDF Escort Flotilla 1 based at Yokosuka.

''Takanami'', along with the destroyer {{JDS|Kirishima|DDG-174|2}} and supply ship ''Mashu'' was assigned to the Indian Ocean in August 2004 to provide assistance to anti-terrorist coalition forces in Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. On her return voyage to Japan in December 2004, the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami struck, and she was diverted to Thailand to participate in international rescue and recovery operations.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=JS Takanami DD-110 class Destroyer JMSDF |url=https://seaforces.org/marint/Japan-Maritime-Self-Defense-Force/Destroyer/Takanami-class_DAT/DD-110-JDS-Takanami.htm |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=seaforces.org}}</ref>

On 13 October 2009, ''Takanami'', along with the destroyer {{JDS|Hamagiri|DD-155|2}}, was dispatched to the coast of Somalia to participate in anti-piracy escort operations.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/10/14/national/msdf-destroyers-set-sail-on-antipiracy-tour/ |title=MSDF destroyers set sail on antipiracy tour &#124; the Japan Times |website=www.japantimes.co.jp |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211211134103/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2009/10/14/national/msdf-destroyers-set-sail-on-antipiracy-tour/ |archive-date=11 December 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref> From 7 November – 20 February 2010 she undertook 34 sorties, escorting 283 vessels safely. She returned to Japan on 18 March 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |title=JS Takanami DD-110 class Destroyer JMSDF |url=https://seaforces.org/marint/Japan-Maritime-Self-Defense-Force/Destroyer/Takanami-class_DAT/DD-110-JDS-Takanami.htm |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=seaforces.org}}</ref>

''Takanami'' was one of many in the JMSDF fleet participating in disaster relief after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.<ref>Seawaves,[http://www.seawaves.com/japan2011.asp "Warships Supporting Earthquake in Japan"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110323003053/http://www.seawaves.com/japan2011.asp |date=2011-03-23 }}</ref> She arrived at Ishinomaki, Miyagi the day after the disaster, rescuing 32 people.{{Citation needed|date=January 2020}}

On 11 October 2011 ''Takanami'' was dispatched to Aden, Yemen together with the destroyer {{JS|Ōnami|DD-111|2}}, 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)".<ref name="mod2010">[https://www.mod.go.jp/e/jdf/no19/policy.html "Anti-Piracy Operations off the Coast of Somalia and in the Gulf of Aden,"] ''Japan Defense Focus'' (Ministry of Defense or MOD), No. 19. November 2010.</ref> She returned to Yokosuka on 12 March 2012 and is currently assigned to the Sixth Squadron of the JMSDF Escort Flotilla 2.<ref name=":0" />

On 16 November 2016, ''Takanami'' entered New Zealand waters to celebrate their Navy's 75th anniversary at the International Naval Review. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Back-to-back maintainer |url=https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/media-centre/news/back-to-back-maintainer/ |access-date=2024-04-26 |website=www.nzdf.mil.nz |language=en-NZ}}</ref>

In February 2020, the ship was deployed to the Middle East to undertake, according to the Japanese government, an "intelligence-gathering deployment to protect vital oil shipments from the region". The vessel carried out its duties independently of the US-led International Maritime Security Construct.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/japanese-warship-steers-clear-trump-210000662.html |title=Japanese Warship Steers Clear of Trump Risk in Mideast Mission |publisher=Bloomberg |author=Herskovitz, Jon |date=1 February 2020 |accessdate=1 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2020/02/02/amid-us-iran-tensions-japanese-warship-heads-to-middle-east/ |title=Amid US-Iran tensions, Japanese warship heads to Middle East |newspaper=Navy Times |first=Mari |last=Yamaguchi | agency=The Associated Press |date=3 February 2020 | accessdate=10 August 2020 }}</ref>

On 31 May 2022, the JMSDF issued a press release on the Indo-Pacific Deployment (IPD) and ship deployments that announced the deployment of ''Takanami'', the {{sclass|Izumo|multi-purpose destroyer|1}}, {{JS|Izumo}} and the {{sclass|Murasame|destroyer|1||1994}} {{JS|Kirisame}} to RIMPAC 2022.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2022/06/japan-sending-its-largest-naval-vessel-to-rimpac/ | title=Japan sending its largest naval vessel to RIMPAC | date=June 2022 }}</ref>

On 9 August 2022, as part of its IPD, the ''Takanami'', along with the JS ''Izumo'', conducted a trilateral exercise with the Royal Canadian Navy and the Royal New Zealand Navy, to demonstrate the solid ties between the three countries towards a realization of a "Free and Open Indo-Pacific."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Japanese Ministry of Defence |date=9 August 2022 |title=JS IZUMO and JS TAKANAMI conducted a trilateral exercise with the Royal Canadian Navy and Royal New Zealand Navy |url=https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/sf/english/news/2022/08/0822-01.html |access-date=26 April 2024 |website=Ministry of Defence - News}}</ref>

==Notes== {{reflist}}

==References== {{commons category|JS Takanami (DD-110)}} * {{Cite journal|editor=Kaijin-sha|date=August 2003|title=All of the new Takanami-class DD|journal=Ships of the World|issue=614|pages=75–101|publisher=Kaijin-sha|id={{NAID|40005855324}}}} *Saunders, Stephen. ''IHS Jane's Fighting Ships 2013-2014''. Jane's Information Group (2003). {{ISBN|0710630484}}

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