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

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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.