JS Ishikari
JS Ishikari in 2006  | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Japan | |
| Name | 
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| 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 | 
  | 
| Length | 278.8 ft (85.0 m) | 
| Beam | 35.4 ft (10.8 m) | 
| Draft | 11.8 ft (3.6 m) | 
| Propulsion | 
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| Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) | 
| Complement | 95 | 
| Armament | 
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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.