JS Kurama

JS Kurama (DDH-144) was the second ship of the Shirane-class destroyer in service with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).

For other ships with the same name, see Japanese ship Kurama.

JS Kurama during Exercise Malabar 2009
History
Japan
Name
  • Kurama
  • (くらま)
NamesakeMount Kurama
Ordered1976
BuilderIHI, Tokyo
Laid down17 February 1978
Launched20 September 1979
Commissioned27 March 1981
Decommissioned22 March 2017
Refit16 May 2003
HomeportSasebo (1981-2017)
Identification
  • MMSI number: 431999502
  • Pennant number: DDH-144
FateSunk as target, June 2018
General characteristics
Class and typeShirane-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 5,200 long tons (5,300 t) standard;
  • 7,500 long tons (7,600 t) full load
Length159 m (522 ft)
Beam17.5 m (57 ft)
Draft5.3 m (17 ft)
Propulsion
  • 2 × IHI boilers 850 psi (60 kg/cm², 5.9 MPa), 430 °C
  • 2 × turbines
  • 2 shafts
  • 70,000 shp (52 MW)
Speed31 knots (36 mph; 57 km/h)
Complement
  • 350
  • 20 staff
Armament
  • Sea Sparrow SAM launcher
  • ASROC Mk 112 octuple launcher
  • 2 × FMC 5"/54 caliber Mark 42 guns
  • 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS
  • 2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes (Mk-46 torpedoes)
Aircraft carried3 × SH-60J(K) anti-submarine helicopters
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