JS Kurama

Kurama
History
Japan
Name	Kurama
Builder	Ishikawajima-Harima, Tokyo
Laid down	17 February 1978
Launched	20 September 1979
Commissioned	27 March 1981
Status	In active service, as of 2014
General characteristics
Class and type	Template:Sclass-
Displacement	5,200 long tons (5,300 t) standard; 7,500 long tons (7,600 t) full load
Length	159 m (522 ft)
Beam	17.5 m (57 ft)
Draft	5.3 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)
Speed	31 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 carried	3 × SH-60J(K) anti-submarine helicopters

JS Kurama (DDH-144) is a Template:Sclass- in service with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). She is the second and final member of the Shirane class and will be replaced by the new Template:Sclass-s in the near future.

References

• "Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force - JMSDF". seaforces.org. Retrieved 15 July 2014.