Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force - JMSDF
Abukuma class Destroyer Escort - DE
Ships:
unit		laid down		launched		commissioned		status
DE 229 JDS Abukuma		17 March 1988		21 December 1988		12 December 1989		in service
DE 230 JDS Jintsu		14 April 1988		31 January 1989		28 February 1990		in service
DE 231 JDS Oyodo		8 March 1989		19 December 1989		23 January 1991		in service
DE 232 JDS Sendai		14 April 1989		26 January 1990		15 March 1991		in service
DE 233 JDS Chikuma		14 February 1991		25 January 1992		24 February 1993		in service
DE 234 JDS Tone		8 February 1991		6 December 1991		8 February 1993		in service
BUILDERS: DE-229, DE-231 = Mitsui Shipyard, Tamano, Japan DE-230, DE-233 = Maizuru Shipyard, Maizuru, Japan DE-232, DE-234 = Sumitomo Shipyard, Uraga, Japan
Specifications:
Length:	109 meters
Beam:	13,4 meters
Draft:	3,8 meters
Displacement:	2000 tons (standard) / 2550 tons (full load)
Speed:	27 knots, max. (50 km/h)
Range:
Crew:	120
Aviation:	none
Propulsion:	CODOG (combined diesel or gas) 2 x Kawasaki-Rolls-Royce SM1A gas turbines (26650 shp) 2 x Mitsubishi S12U-MTK diesels (6000 hp) 2 shafts, 2 controllable pitch propellers
Armament:	1 x Oto-Melara 76mm/62-caliber super rapid gun (3-inches) 2 x Mk-141 missile launcher for up to 8 RGM-84 Harpoon SSM 1 x Type 74 (Mk-16) launcher for 8 RUR-5 ASROC anti-submarine rockets 2 x Type-68 (Mk-32) 12,75-inch (324mm) triple torpedo tubes for Mk-46 or Type 73 torpedoes 1 x Mk-15 Phalanx CIWS
images:
DE 229 JDS Abukuma DE 229 JDS Abukuma DE 229 JDS Abukuma DE 229 JDS Abukuma (ctr.) DE 230 JDS Jintsu DE 231 JDS Oyodo DE 231 JDS Oyodo DE 232 JDS Sendai DE 232 JDS Sendai DE 232 JDS Sendai DE 232 JDS Sendai DE 232 JDS Sendai DE 233 JDS Chikuma DE 234 JDS Tone
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