JDS Azuma

JS Azuma
History
Japan
Name	Azuma (あづま)
Namesake	Azuma
Ordered	1967
Builder	Maizuru Heavy Industries, Maizuru
Laid down	13 July 1968
Launched	14 April 1969
Commissioned	26 November 1969
Decommissioned	28 May 1999
Homeport	Kure
Identification	Pennant number: ATS-4201
Class overview
Preceded by	N/A
Succeeded by	Kurobe class
General characteristics
Class and type	Training ship
Displacement	1,950–2,400 tonnes (1,919–2,362 long tons; 2,150–2,646 short tons) full load
Length	98 m (321 ft 6 in)
Beam	13 m (42 ft 8 in)
Draft	3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)
Depth	7.2 m (23 ft 7 in)
Propulsion	2 × Kawasaki-MAN V8 V22 / 30ATL diesel engines
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Boats & landing craft carried	2 x lifeboats
Complement	185
Sensors and processing systems	AN/SPS-40 air-search radar OPS-16 surface-search radar AN/SQS-11A sonar Mark 51 fire control system
Armament	1 × 3-inch/50-caliber gun 2 × triple torpedo launchers
Aircraft carried	10 × KD-2R-5 Kai low-speed target system 3 × BQM-34AJ high-speed target system
Aviation facilities	Hangar and helipad

JDS Azuma (ATS-4201) was a training support ship of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. JS Kurobe was built in 1989 for the purpose of training that could not properly supported by Azuma's equipment, and so she was removed from the register in 1999 when the new training ship Tenryu was built.