JDS Kitakami

	JDS Kitakami
History
Japan
Name	Kitakami ; (きたかみ);
Namesake	Kitakami
Ordered	1960
Builder	IHI, Tokyo
Laid down	7 July 1962
Launched	21 June 1963
Commissioned	27 February 1964
Decommissioned	31 January 1990
Stricken	16 November 1993
Homeport	Ominato
Identification	Pennant number: DE-213, ASU-7016
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class & type	Isuzu-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,490 long tons (1,514 t) standard; 1,700 long tons (1,727 t) full load;
Length	94.0 ft (28.7 m)
Beam	10.2 ft (3.1 m)
Draught	3.5 ft (1.1 m)
Depth	7.0 ft (2.1 m)
Propulsion	Diesel engines, 2 shafts
Speed	25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Complement	183
Armament	4 × 3"/50 caliber Mk.22 guns (Type 57); 1 × Y-gun depth charge throwers; 1 × depth charge rack; 4 × 533mm torpedo tubes; 1 × Bofors M/50 375mm ASW rocket launcher; 2 × Type 68 triple 324mm torpedo tubes;

JDS Kitakami (DE-213) is the third ship of Ikazuchi-class destroyer escort of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

History
JDS Kitakami
Japan
Name	Kitakami (きたかみ)
Namesake	Kitakami
Ordered	1960
Builder	IHI, Tokyo
Laid down	7 July 1962
Launched	21 June 1963
Commissioned	27 February 1964
Decommissioned	31 January 1990
Stricken	16 November 1993
Homeport	Ominato
Identification	Pennant number: DE-213, ASU-7016
Fate	Scrapped
General characteristics
Class & type	Isuzu-class destroyer escort
Displacement	1,490 long tons (1,514 t) standard 1,700 long tons (1,727 t) full load
Length	94.0 ft (28.7 m)
Beam	10.2 ft (3.1 m)
Draught	3.5 ft (1.1 m)
Depth	7.0 ft (2.1 m)
Propulsion	Diesel engines, 2 shafts
Speed	25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Complement	183
Armament	4 × 3"/50 caliber Mk.22 guns (Type 57) 1 × Y-gun depth charge throwers 1 × depth charge rack 4 × 533mm torpedo tubes 1 × Bofors M/50 375mm ASW rocket launcher 2 × Type 68 triple 324mm torpedo tubes