JS Kurama

	JS Kurama during Exercise Malabar 2009
History
Japan
Name	Kurama; (くらま);
Namesake	Mount Kurama
Ordered	1976
Builder	IHI, Tokyo
Laid down	17 February 1978
Launched	20 September 1979
Commissioned	27 March 1981
Decommissioned	22 March 2017
Refit	16 May 2003
Homeport	Sasebo (1981-2017)
Identification	MMSI number: 431999502; Pennant number: DDH-144;
Fate	Sunk as target, June 2018
General characteristics
Class & type	Shirane-class destroyer
Displacement	5,200 long tons (5,300 t) standard;; 7,500 long tons (7,600 t) full load;
Length	159 m (522 ft)
Beam	17.5 m (57 ft)
Draft	5.3 m (17 ft)
Propulsion	2 × IHI boilers 850 psi (60 kg/cm², 5.9 MPa), 430 °C; 2 × turbines; 2 shafts; 70,000 shp (52 MW);
Speed	31 knots (36 mph; 57 km/h)
Complement	350; 20 staff;
Armament	Sea Sparrow SAM launcher; ASROC Mk 112 octuple launcher; 2 × FMC 5"/54 caliber Mark 42 guns; 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS; 2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes (Mk-46 torpedoes);
Aircraft carried	3 × SH-60J(K) anti-submarine helicopters

JS Kurama (DDH-144) was the second ship of the Shirane-class destroyer in service with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).

History
JS Kurama during Exercise Malabar 2009
Japan
Name	Kurama (くらま)
Namesake	Mount Kurama
Ordered	1976
Builder	IHI, Tokyo
Laid down	17 February 1978
Launched	20 September 1979
Commissioned	27 March 1981
Decommissioned	22 March 2017
Refit	16 May 2003
Homeport	Sasebo (1981-2017)
Identification	MMSI number: 431999502 Pennant number: DDH-144
Fate	Sunk as target, June 2018
General characteristics
Class & type	Shirane-class destroyer
Displacement	5,200 long tons (5,300 t) standard; 7,500 long tons (7,600 t) full load
Length	159 m (522 ft)
Beam	17.5 m (57 ft)
Draft	5.3 m (17 ft)
Propulsion	2 × IHI boilers 850 psi (60 kg/cm², 5.9 MPa), 430 °C 2 × turbines 2 shafts 70,000 shp (52 MW)
Speed	31 knots (36 mph; 57 km/h)
Complement	350 20 staff
Armament	Sea Sparrow SAM launcher ASROC Mk 112 octuple launcher 2 × FMC 5"/54 caliber Mark 42 guns 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes (Mk-46 torpedoes)
Aircraft carried	3 × SH-60J(K) anti-submarine helicopters