JS Ishikari
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JS Ishikari (DE-226) was the first destroyer escort with a gas turbine engine and surface-to-surface missiles of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. She is the successor of the earlier Chikugo class. Entering service in 1981, she remained active until 2007 when she was decommissioned.
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JS Ishikari in 2006 | |
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Namesake | Ishikari |
Ordered | 1977 |
Builder | Mitsui, Tamano |
Laid down | 17 May 1979 |
Launched | 18 March 1979 |
Commissioned | 28 March 1980 |
Decommissioned | 17 October 2007 |
Stricken | November 2008 |
Identification | Pennant number: DE-226 |
Fate | Scrapped |
Notes | Her anchor is preserved in Ishikari, Hokkaido |
Class overview | |
Preceded by | Chikugo class |
Succeeded by | Yūbari class |
General characteristics | |
Type | Destroyer escort |
Displacement |
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Length | 278.8 ft (85.0 m) |
Beam | 35.4 ft (10.8 m) |
Draft | 11.8 ft (3.6 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
Complement | 95 |
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