Abukuma class destroyer escort

Abukuma class destroyer escort / frigate

General Characteristics
Displacement:	2,000 tons standard 2,550 tons full load
Length:	357 ft (109 m)
Beam:	44 ft (13.4 m)
Draft:	12 ft (3.8 m)
Propulsion:	CODOG, 2 Spey SM1A gas turbines 26,650 hp (19.9 MW), 2 Mitsubishi S12U MTK diesels 6,000 hp (4.4 MW) two shafts
Speed:	27 knots
Range:
Crew Complement:	120
Armament:	• 8 Harpoon missiles • ASROC octuple launcher • 1 x Otobreda 76 mm • 1 x Phalanx 20 mm CIWS • 1 × 375 mm ASW rocket launcher • 2 triple 324 mm Mk 32 ASW torpedo tubes

The Abukuma class destroyer escort (or frigate) of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force is the successor of the earlier Yubari class. The main mission for these ships are ASW and Anti-Surface Warfare operations. The addition of the Phalanx CIWS has given the ships an improved self-defense capability against anti-ship missiles.

[edit] Ships in the class

Pennant no.	Name	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Home port
DE-229	Abukuma	17 March 1988	21 December 1988	12 December 1989	Maizuru
DE-230	Jintsu	14 April 1988	31 January 1989	28 February 1990	Ominato
DE-231	Ohyodo ^[1]	8 March 1989	19 December 1989	23 January 1991	Sasebo
DE-232	Sendai	14 April 1989	26 January 1990	15 March 1991	Sasebo
DE-233	Chikuma	14 February 1991	25 January 1992	24 February 1993	Ominato
DE-234	Tone	8 February 1991	6 December 1991	8 February 1993	Sasebo

Current and future combatant ship classes of the JMSDF

DDH : Destroyer Helicopter	13500t class \| Shirane class \| Haruna class
DDG : Guided Missile Destroyer	Atago class \| Kongō class \| Hatakaze class \| Tachikaze class
DD : Destroyer	5000t class \| Takanami class \| Murasame class \| Asagiri class \| Hatsuyuki class
DE : Destroyer Escort	Abukuma class \| Yubari class \| Ishikari
SS : Submarine	2900t class \| Oyashio class \| Harushio class
See also	List of combatant ship classes of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force