![]() JS Abukuma
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Name |
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Namesake | Abukuma (1923) |
Ordered | 1986 |
Builder | Mitsui, Tamano |
Laid down | 17 March 1988 |
Launched | 21 December 1988 |
Commissioned | 12 December 1989 |
Homeport | Kure |
Identification |
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Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Abukuma-class destroyer escort |
Displacement |
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Length | 357 ft (109 m) |
Beam | 44 ft (13 m) |
Draft | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 27 knots (50 km/h) |
Complement | 120 |
Sensors and processing systems | FCS-2 |
Armament |
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JS Abukuma (DDE-229) is the lead ship of the Abukuma-class destroyer escorts. She was commissioned on 12 December 1989.[1]
Abukuma was laid down at Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Tamano Shipyard on 17 March 1988 and launched on 21 December 1988. She was commissioned on 12 December 1989 and deployed to Maizuru.[2][3]
The Australian Navy destroyer HMAS Perth and the frigate HMAS Canberra, which called at Maizuru from October 29th to November 3rd, 1993, will be hosting the escort ship JS Chikuma.
In a case of a suspicious ship off the Noto Peninsula that occurred on March 23, 1999, the first "maritime security action" was announced, and the suspicious ship was tracked along with the escort ships JS Haruna and JS Myōkō.
Joined Maizuru District Force 24th Escort Corps on November 6, 2003.
On March 26, 2008, the 24th escort was renamed to the 14th escort due to a major reorganization of the Self-Defense Fleet, and was reorganized under the escort fleet.
On July 6, 2009, Japan-Korea rescue joint training was held in the Sea of Japan, and participated with the escort ship JS Ōnami and three P-3C patrol aircraft, and the Korean Navy destroyer ROKS Yang Man-chun, training was conducted with ROKS Wang Geon.[4][5]
On March 15, 2010, the escort fleet was transferred to the 12th escort corps due to reorganization, and the homeport was transferred from Maizuru to Kure.
Dispatched to the Great East Japan Earthquake caused by the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake on March 11, 2011.