JS Ishikari

	JS Ishikari in 2006
History
Japan
Name	Ishikari; (いしかり);
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	1,290 tons standard; 1,450 tons full load;
Length	278.8 ft (85.0 m)
Beam	35.4 ft (10.8 m)
Draft	11.8 ft (3.6 m)
Propulsion	CODOG, two shafts (cp propellors); 1 × Kawaksaki /RR Olympus TM3B gas turbine 24,700 hp (18.4 MW); 1 × Kawaksaki 6DRV diesel;
Speed	25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Complement	95
Armament	1 × Otobreda 76 mm gun; 8 × Boeing Harpoon SSM; 1 × Bofors 375 mm ASW rocket launcher ; 2 × HOS-301 triple 324 mm (12.8 in) torpedo tubes;

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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