JS Chikuma

{{Other ships|Japanese ship Chikuma}} {{short description|Abukuma-class destroyer escort}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image =JS Chikuma (DE-233).jpg | image_caption = JS ''Chikuma'' }}

|section2={{Infobox ship/career | hide_header = | country = Japan | flag = {{Shipboxflag|Japan|naval}} | name = *''Chikuma'' *(ちくま) | namesake = Chikuma (1938) | ordered = 1989 | awarded = | builder = Hitachi, Osaka | original_cost = | yard_number = | way_number = | laid_down = 14 February 1991 | launched = 25 January 1992 | sponsor = | christened = | completed = | acquired = | commissioned = 24 February 1993 | decommissioned = | renamed = | reclassified = | refit = | struck = | reinstated = | homeport = *Ominato | identification = *{{MMSI Number|431999575}} *Pennant number: DE-233 | motto = | nickname = | honours = | fate = | status = Active | notes = | badge = }}

|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics | hide_header = | header_caption = | class = ''Abukuma''-class destroyer escort | displacement = *2,000&nbsp;tons standard *2,550&nbsp;tons full load | length = {{convert|357|ft|m|abbr=on}} | beam = {{convert|44|ft|m|abbr=on}} | height = | draft = {{convert|12|ft|m|abbr=on}} | power = | propulsion = *CODOG, two shafts *2 × Kawasaki-RR SM1A gas turbines{{convert|26,650|hp|kW|abbr=on}} * 2 × Mitsubishi S12U MTK diesels {{convert|6,000|hp|kW|abbr=on}} | speed = {{convert|27|kn|km/h}} | range = | endurance = | boats = | troops = | complement = 120 | sensors = FCS-2 | EW = | armament = *8 × Harpoon missiles *ASROC octuple launcher *1 × Otobreda 76 mm gun *1 × Phalanx 20&nbsp;mm CIWS *2 × HOS-301 triple {{convert|324|mm|in|abbr=on}} torpedo tubes | armor = | aircraft = | aircraft_facilities = | notes = }} }} '''JS ''Chikuma'' (DE-233)''' is the fifth ship of the {{sclass|Abukuma|destroyer escort}}s. She was commissioned on 24 February 1993.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Takao|first=Ishibashi|title=All Maritime Self-Defense Force Ships 1952-2002|publisher=Namiki Shobo|year=2002|isbn=|location=|pages=}}</ref>

==Construction and career== ''Chikuma'' was laid down at Hitachi Zosen Corporation Osaka Shipyard on 14 February 1991 and launched on 25 January 1992. She was commissioned on 24 February 1993 and deployed to Maizuru.<ref>{{Cite book|last=|first=|title=World Ships Special Edition 66th Collection Maritime Self-Defense Force All Ship History|publisher=Gaijinsha|year=2004|isbn=|location=|pages=}}</ref>

The Australian Navy destroyer HMAS Perth and the frigate HMAS Canberra, which docked at Maizuru from October 29 to November 3, 1993, hosted the escort ship JS Abukuma.

On June 13, 2000, she was transferred to the 25th Escort Corps of the Ominato District Force in place of the training ship JS Akigumo, and her homeport was transferred from Maizuru to Mutsu.

From May 11 to May 15, 2012, she and the French Navy information gathering ship Dupuy de Lôme participated in exercises at Hakodate Port.

At around 15:40 on November 22, 2018, she was firing her high-performance Phalanx CIWS cannon on the deck about 130 km off Kumejima, Okinawa Prefecture, heavy seas caused the misfire of 21 rounds. The still live ammunition was dropped into the sea, and there were no injuries.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Chunichi|first=Shimbun|date=November 23, 2018|title=21 live ammunition dropped from the sea ship, off Kume Island, risk of explosion|work=|url=|access-date=}}</ref>

== Gallery == <gallery mode="nolines" widths="180"> File:JMSDF DE233 Chikuma 20090208-2.JPG|JS ''Chikuma'' at Yokosuka on 8 February 2009. File:JMSDF DE233 Chikuma 20090208-1a.JPG|JS ''Chikuma'' at Yokosuka on 8 February 2009. File:Akebono (DD-108), Chikuma (DE-233), Amagiri (DD-154), Matsuyuki (DD-130) at Maizuru.jpg|JS Akebono, JS ''Chikuma'', JS Amagiri and JS Matsuyuki at Maizuru on 25 September 2011. File:Chikuma (DE-233) afgemeerd in Ōarai, -12 juli 2015 a.jpg|JS ''Chikuma'' at Ōarai on 12 July 2015. File:Chikuma (DE-233) afgemeerd in Ōarai, -12 juli 2015 b.jpg|JS ''Chikuma'' at Ōarai on 12 July 2015. File:JS Chikuma and HMAS Brisbane during ANNUALEX 2023.jpg|JS ''Chikuma'' and {{HMAS|Brisbane|DDG 41|6}} sail in formation on 10 November 2023. </gallery>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chikuma (DE-233)}} Category:1992 ships Category:Abukuma-class destroyer escorts Category:Ships built by Hitachi Zosen Corporation