Abukuma-class destroyer escort

	JS Ōyodo in Maizuru port
Class overview
Builders	Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding Company Limited ; Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.;
Operators	Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Preceded by	Yūbari class
Succeeded by	Mogami class
Built	1988–1991
In commission	1989–present
Planned	11
Completed	6
Cancelled	5
Active	6
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer escort
Displacement	2,000 tons standard ; 2,550 tons full load;
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 turbines26,650 hp (19,870 kW) ; 2 × Mitsubishi S12U MTK diesels 6,000 hp (4,500 kW);
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h)
Complement	120
Sensors and ; processing systems	OPS-14 air search radar; FCS-2;
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;

The Abukuma-class destroyer escort (or frigate) is the general-purpose destroyer escort of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. It is the successor of the earlier Yūbari class.

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