| Class overview | |||
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| Builders: | Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding Company Limited and Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. | ||
| Operators: |  Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force |
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| Preceded by: | Yubari-class | ||
| Built: | 1988–1991 | ||
| In commission: | 1989– | ||
| Completed: | 6 | ||
| Active: | 6 | ||
| General characteristics | |||
| Class & type: | Abukuma class destroyer escort / frigate | ||
| Displacement: | 2,000 tons standard 2,550 tons full load |
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| Length: | 357 ft (109 m) | ||
| Beam: | 44 ft (13 m) | ||
| Draft: | 12 ft (3.7 m) | ||
| Propulsion: | CODOG, two shafts 2 × Kawasaki-RR SM1A gas turbines 26,650 hp (19.9 MW)＋2 × Mitsubishi S12U MTK diesels 6,000 hp (4.4 MW) |
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| Speed: | 27 knots (50 km/h) | ||
| Complement: | 120 | ||
| Armament: | • 8 × Harpoon missiles • ASROC octuple launcher • 1 × Otobreda 76 mm gun • 1 × Phalanx 20 mm CIWS • 2 × HOS-301 triple 324 mm (12.8 in) torpedo tubes | ||