JMSDF destroyer escort TONE (DE-234) passed thru the Kanmon Straits.
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| TONE DE-234, a JMSDF Destroyer Escort in the Kanmon Straits |
As is often the case with the JMSDF vessels; two of them passed each other in the Kanmon Straits of Japan between Shimonoseki City and the Moji Ward of Garden Paradise Kitakyushu. DE234 Tone, an Abukuma Class Destroyer, passed by an Oyashio Class Submarine on August 31, 2024. (Photos and video of the sub are on this website)
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| Tone DE234 off in the distance ・ 海上自衛隊 とね DE-234 |
Ship Freakazoid captured this Japanese destroyer on digital "movie film" using an old second-hand JVC Everio video camera with 54x Konica Minolta zoom lens and uploaded it to his YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@ShipFreakazoid
Details of this very cool kickass Japanese naval ship follow:
Name: Tone (とね)
Namesake: Tone (1937)
Ordered: 1989
Builder: Sumitomo, Tokyo
Laid down: 8 February 1991
Launched: 6 December 1991
Commissioned: 8 February 1993
Homeport: Sasebo
Identification
MMSI number: 431999576
Pennant number: DE-234
General Characteristics
Class and Type: Abukuma-class destroyer escort
Displacement: 2,000 tons standard / 2,550 tons full load
Length: 357 ft (109 m)
Beam: 44 ft (13 m)
Draft: 12 ft (3.7 m)
Propulsion
CODOG, two shafts
2 × Kawasaki-RR SM1A gas turbines26,650 hp (19,870 kW)
2 × Mitsubishi S12U MTK diesels 6,000 hp (4,500 kW)
Speed 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Complement 120
Sensors and
processing systems FCS-2
Armament
8 × Harpoon missiles
ASROC octuple launcher
1 × Otobreda 76 mm gun
1 × Phalanx 20 mm CIWS
2 × HOS-301 triple 324 mm (12.8 in) torpedo tubes
Ship Freakazoid would like to thank the brave men and women of the JMSDF who protect our beloved Nippon from evil enemies (CCP, North Korea, Poo-Tin, Kamala, etc.) Nippon, Banzai! Banzai! Banzai!