JDS Kurama
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Kurama
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Name: | Kurama |
Builder: | Ishikawajima-Harima, Tokyo |
Laid down: | 17 February 1978 |
Launched: | 20 September 1979 |
Commissioned: | 27 March 1981 |
Status: | In active service, as of 2014 |
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Class & type: | Shirane-class destroyer |
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Length: | 159 m (522 ft) |
Beam: | 17.5 m (57 ft) |
Draft: | 5.3 m (17 ft) |
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Speed: | 31 knots (36 mph; 57 km/h) |
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Aircraft carried: | 3 × SH-60J(K) anti-submarine helicopters |
JS Kurama (DDH-144) is a Shirane-class destroyer in service with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). She is the second and final member of the Shirane class and will be replaced by the new Izumo-class helicopter destroyers in the near future.
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