Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force - JMSDF
Chikugo class Destroyer Escort - DE
Ships:
unit			laid down		launched		commissioned		decommissioned
DE 215 JDS Chikugo			December 9, 1968		January 13, 1970		July 31, 1970		April 15, 1996
DE 216 JDS Ayase			December 5, 1969		September 16, 1970		July 20, 1971		August 1, 1996
DE 217 JDS Mikumo			March 17, 1970		February 16, 1971		August 26, 1971		July 8, 1997
DE 218 JDS Tokachi			December 11, 1970		November 25, 1971		May 17, 1972		April 15, 1998
DE 219 JDS Iwase			August 6, 1971		June 29, 1972		December 12, 1972		October 16, 1998
DE 220 JDS Chitose			October 7, 1971		January 25, 1973		August 21, 1973		April 13, 1999
DE 221 JDS Niyodo			September 20, 1972		August 28, 1973		February 8, 1974		June 24, 1999
DE 222 JDS Teshio			July 11, 1973		May 29, 1974		January 10, 1975		June 27, 2000
DE 223 JDS Yoshino			September 28, 1973		August 22, 1974		February 6, 1975		May 15, 2001
DE 224 JDS Kumano			May 29, 1974		February 24, 1975		November 19, 1975		May 18, 2001
DE 225 JDS Noshiro			January 27, 1976		December 23, 1976		August 31, 1977		March 13, 2003
BUILDERS: DE-215, DE-217, DE-218, DE-219, DE-221, DE-223, DE-225 = Mitsui Shipyard, Tamano, Japan DE-216 = IHI Marine United, Yokohama, Japan DE-220, DE-222, DE-224 = Maizuru Shipyard, Maizuru, Japan
	Specifications:
	Length:	93 meters
	Beam:	10,8 meters
	Draft:	3,5 meters
	Displacement:	1470 tons (standard) / 1800 tons (full load)
	Speed:	28 knots, max. (52 km/h)
	Range:	10000 NM
	Crew:	165
	Aviation:	none
	Propulsion:	4 diesel engines / 2 shafts, 2 propellers
	Armament:	1 x 3”/50 (3-inch/50-caliber - 76mm) twin gun 1 x 40mm AA twin gun 1 x 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 torpedoes
images:
DE-216 JDS Ayase DE-218 JDS Tokachi DE-218 JDS Tokachi and DE-214 JDS Oi alongside DE-218 JDS Tokachi DE-218 JDS Tokachi DE-218 JDS Tokachi
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