JS Abukuma

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JS Abukuma
History
Naval Ensign of Japan.svgJapan
Name
  • Abukuma
  • (あぶくま)
Namesake Abukuma (1923)
Ordered1986
Builder Mitsui, Tamano
Laid down17 March 1988
Launched21 December 1988
Commissioned12 December 1989
Homeport Kure
Identification
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and type Abukuma-class destroyer escort
Displacement
  • 2,000 tons standard
  • 2,550 tons full load
Length357 ft (109 m)
Beam44 ft (13 m)
Draft12 ft (3.7 m)
Propulsion
Speed27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Complement120
Sensors and
processing systems
FCS-2
Armament

JS Abukuma (DE-229) is the lead ship of the Abukuma-class destroyer escorts. She was commissioned on 12 December 1989. [1]

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Construction and career

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]

The Royal Australian Navy destroyer HMAS Perth and frigate HMAS Canberra, which called at Maizuru from 29 October to 3 November 1993, were hosted by the escort ship JS Chikuma and Abukuma.

A suspicious ship off was spotted off the Noto Peninsula on 23 March 1999. The first "maritime security action" was announced, and the suspicious ship was tracked by Abukuma along with the escort ships JS Haruna and JS Myōkō.

The destroyer escort joined Maizuru District Force 24th Escort Corps on 6 November 2003. On 26 March 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 6 July 2009, Japan-Korea rescue joint training was held in the Sea of Japan, and Abukuma participated with the escort ship JS Ōnami and three P-3C patrol aircraft, and the Republic of Korea Navy destroyer ROKS Yang Man-chun. Training was conducted with ROKS Wang Geon. [3] [4]

On 15 March 2010, the escort fleet was transferred to the 12th escort corps due to reorganization, and the homeport was transferred from Maizuru to Kure. Abukuma was among the naval forces dispatched to aid inhabitants of Japan after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake off the Pacific coast on 11 March 2011.

Citations

  1. Takao, Ishibashi (2002). All Maritime Self-Defense Force Ships 1952-2002. Namiki Shobo.
  2. World Ships Special Edition 66th Collection Maritime Self-Defense Force All Ship History. Gaijinsha. 2004.
  3. "First arrival at the JMSDF Maizuru base, a destroyer of the South Korean Navy". Yomiuri ONLINE. 4 July 2009.[ dead link ]
  4. Joint training by the JMSDF and the South Korean Navy in the Sea of Japan, with a view to the situation in North Korea?. MSN Sankei News. 7 July 2009.

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