Abukuma class destroyer escort

JS Tone, Sendai, and Oyodo (from left) in port
Class overview
Builders:	Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding Company Limited and Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
Operators:	Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Preceded by:	Yubari class
Succeeded by:	30DX class (planned)
Built:	1988–1991
In commission:	1989–
Planned:	11
Completed:	6
Cancelled:	5
Active:	6
General characteristics
Class and type:	Abukuma class destroyer escort / frigate
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 turbines 26,650 hp (19.9 MW)＋2 × Mitsubishi S12U MTK diesels 6,000 hp (4.4 MW)
Speed:	27 knots (50 km/h)
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

The Abukuma class destroyer escort (or corvette) is the general-purpose destroyer escort of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. It is the successor of the earlier Yubari-class.

This class was planned to replace the earlier Isuzu-class and possess both ASW capability as the successor of the Chikugo-class and ASuW capability as the successor of the Yubari-class, but there are many enhancements as follows:

The JMSDF intended to build eleven ships of this class, but finally, only six were built because Hatsuyuki-class destroyers started deploying in distinct forces. All six vessels of the class are named after World War II cruisers.