JS Sendai

	JS Sendai
History
Japan
Name	Sendai ; (せんだい);
Namesake	Sendai (1923)
Ordered	1987
Builder	Sumitomo, Tokyo
Laid down	14 April 1989
Launched	26 January 1990
Commissioned	15 March 1991
Homeport	Maizuru
Identification	MMSI number: 431999574; Pennant number: DE-232;
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)
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 Sendai (DE-232) is the fourth ship of the Abukuma-class destroyer escorts. She was commissioned on 26 January 1990.^[1]

^ Takao, Ishibashi (2002). All Maritime Self-Defense Force Ships 1952-2002. Namiki Shobo.

History
JS Sendai
Japan
Name	Sendai (せんだい)
Namesake	Sendai (1923)
Ordered	1987
Builder	Sumitomo, Tokyo
Laid down	14 April 1989
Launched	26 January 1990
Commissioned	15 March 1991
Homeport	Maizuru
Identification	MMSI number: 431999574 Pennant number: DE-232
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)
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