JS Tone

	JS Tone
History
Japan
Name	Tone ; (とね);
Namesake	Tone (1937)
Ordered	1989
Builder	Sumitomo, Tokyo
Laid down	8 February 1991
Launched	6 December 1991
Commissioned	8 February 1993
Homeport	Sasebo
Identification	MMSI number: 431999576; Pennant number: DE-234;
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and type	Abukuma-class 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; 31 mph)
Complement	120
Sensors and ; processing systems	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;

JS Tone (DE-234) is the sixth ship of the Abukuma-class destroyer escorts. She was commissioned on 8 February 1993.

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