Shikishima 2000
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| しきしま [Shikishima] | PLH31 | IHI, Tokyo | 28.4.1990 | 27.6.1991 | 27.4.1992 | in service (2019) | |
| あきつしま [Akitsushima] | PLH32 | IHI Marine United, Yokohama | 10.5.2011 | 4.7.2012 | 28.11.2013 | in service (2019) | |
| れいめい [Reimei] | PLH33 | Mitsubishi, Nagasaki | 7.6.2017 | 8.3.2019 | 2019 | building (2019) | |
| PLH34 | 2020 | planned (2019) | |||||
| PLH35 | 2021 | planned (2019) |
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Displacement standard, t |
7175 |
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Displacement normal, t |
9350 |
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Length, m |
150.0 |
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Breadth, m |
17.0 |
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Draught, m |
6.00 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 IHI - SEMT-Pielstick 16PC2-5V400 diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
20800 |
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Max speed, kts |
25 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 20000(18) |
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Armament |
2 x 2 - 35/75 GDM-C, 2 x 3 - 20/76 JM-61-MB Sea Vulcan, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2 helicopters (Bell 212) |
| Electronic equipment | OPS-14, JMA 1576, JMA1596, JMA 3000, JMA 8303 radars, 2x e/o directors |
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Complement |
140 |
Project history: Shikishima intended to act as escort for a ship to carry plutonium from Europe to Japan for use in nuclear electric-power generation stations, but after a single such voyage in August 1993, escorting the chartered plutonium transport Akatsuki Maru, has been used as a general patrol ship. Because of high operational demand, a second unit was funded in 2009. Are equipped with two water cannon for firefighting and harassment control.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
Shikishima 2008
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