Country: Japan.
Class, [Type]: Kashima, [AXH].
Homeport: Kure.
Builder: Hitachi, Maizuru, Japan.
Laid down: 20 April 1993.
Launch date: 23 February 1994.
Commission date: 26 January 1995.
Displacement ( tons ): 4050 standard, 5400 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 143 x 18 x 4,5.
Main machinery: COGOG: 2 x Kawasaki-RR Olimpus gas turbines ( 45000 hp ), 2 x RR Type RM1C gas turbines ( 9900 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 25.
Range ( miles ): 7000 at 18 knots.
Complement: 360 ( includes 125 midshipman ).
Guns: 1 x 1 OTO Melara 76mm.
Torpedoes: 2 x 3 324mm Mk32 ( Mk46 torpedoes ).
Radar: Air/surface search: OPS-14C; Surface search: OPS-18-1; Navigation: OPS-20; Fire Control: Type 2-23.
Sonar: OQS-4A.
Year of visit the Black Sea: 2009