JDS Kitakami

	JDS Kitakami
History
Japan
Name	Kitakami ; (きたかみ);
Namesake	Kitakami
Ordered	1960
Builder	IHI, Tokyo
Laid down	7 July 1962
Launched	21 June 1963
Commissioned	27 February 1964
Decommissioned	31 January 1990
Stricken	16 November 1993
Homeport	Ominato
Identification	Pennant number: DE-213, ASU-7016
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class and type	Isuzu-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,490 long tons (1,514 t) standard; 1,700 long tons (1,727 t) full load;
Length	94.0 ft (28.7 m)
Beam	10.2 ft (3.1 m)
Draught	3.5 ft (1.1 m)
Depth	7.0 ft (2.1 m)
Propulsion	Diesel engines, 2 shafts
Speed	25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Complement	183
Armament	4 × 3"/50 caliber Mk.22 guns (Type 57); 1 × Y-gun depth charge throwers; 1 × depth charge rack; 4 × 533mm torpedo tubes; 1 × Bofors M/50 375mm ASW rocket launcher; 2 × Type 68 triple 324mm torpedo tubes;

JDS Kitakami (DE-213) is the third ship of Ikazuchi-class destroyer escort of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

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