{{short description|Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer escort}} {{Other ships|Japanese ship Sendai}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Multiple issues| {{More citations needed|date=December 2024}} {{Rewrite|date=December 2024}} }} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image =JS Sendai（DE-232）.jpg | image_caption = JS ''Sendai'' }}
|section2={{Infobox ship/career | hide_header = | country = Japan | flag = {{Shipboxflag|Japan|naval}} | name = *''Sendai'' *(せんだい) | namesake = Sendai (1923) | ordered = 1987 | awarded = | builder = Sumitomo, Tokyo | original_cost = | yard_number = | way_number = | laid_down =14 April 1989 | launched =19 December 1989 | sponsor = | christened = | completed = | acquired = | commissioned =26 January 1990{{Clarify|date=January 2025}} | decommissioned = | renamed = | reclassified = | refit = | struck = | reinstated = | homeport = *Maizuru | identification = *{{MMSI Number|431999574}} *Pennant number: DE-232 | motto = | nickname = | honours = | fate = | status = Active | notes = | badge = }}
|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics | hide_header = | header_caption = | class = ''Abukuma''-class destroyer escort | displacement = *2,000 tons standard *2,550 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 mm CIWS *2 × HOS-301 triple {{convert|324|mm|in|abbr=on}} torpedo tubes | armor = | aircraft = | aircraft_facilities = | notes = }} }}
'''JS ''Sendai'' (DE-232)''' is the fourth ship of the {{sclass|Abukuma|destroyer escort}}s. She was commissioned on 26 January 1990.{{Clarify|date=January 2025}}<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== ''Sendai'' was laid down at Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Tokyo Shipyard on 14 April 1989 and launched on 19 December 1989. She was commissioned on 15 March 1991{{Clarify|date=January 2025}} and deployed to Sasebo.<ref>{{Cite book|title=World Ships Special Edition 66th Collection Maritime Self-Defense Force All Ship History|publisher=Gaijinsha|year=2004|isbn= |pages= }}</ref>
On June 20, 1991, the 39th Escort Corps was newly formed under the Sasebo District Force, and she was incorporated with {{ship|JS|Ōyodo}}. On March 24, 1997, the 39th Escort Corps was renamed to the 26th Escort Corps due to the revision of the corps numbers.
On March 25–26 2008, she was Hostship with the Thai Navy {{sclass|Naresuan|frigate}} {{ship|HTMS|Naresuan}} and ''Chao Phraya''-class frigate {{ship|HTMS|Saiburi}}, who called at Sasebo.
At Noon on February 16, 2018, she, along with a P-3C belonging to the 1st Air Group, intercepted a North Korean-registered tanker (''Yu Jong No. 2'') that was releasing Ningde Oil 078 in the open sea of the East China Sea (about 250 km East of Shanghai). These actions were prohibited by UN Security Council resolution. It was confirmed{{By whom|date=December 2024}} that she was doing what seemed to be Setori.{{Clarify|date=January 2025}} This was the first time the Japanese Self-Defense Forces went up against ships from North Korea.<ref>{{Cite web|title=北朝鮮船籍タンカー「Yu Jong 2号」と「闽宁德油078」による洋上での物資の積替えの疑い|url=https://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/fp/nsp/page4_003783.html |access-date=2021-02-05|website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan|language=ja}}</ref>
At Noon on June 29, 2018, a North Korean-registered tanker (''AN SAN 1'') came into contact with a ship of unknown ship registration in the high seas of the East China Sea (about 350 km off the South-Southeast of Shanghai). The ''Sendai'' confirmed that ship was performing what appeared to be a ship-to-ship transaction banned by a UN Security Council resolution. ''AN SAN No. 1'' was designated by the United Nations Security Council North Korea Sanctions Committee as a target of asset freezing and port entry prohibition in March 2018, but the ship named was ''HOPE SEA'' in order to avoid sanctions. It was also confirmed that the ship was disguised as "No.".<ref>{{Cite web|title=北朝鮮船籍タンカー「AN SAN 1号」と船籍不明の船舶による洋上での物資の積替えの疑い|url=https://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/fp/nsp/page4_004175.html |access-date=2021-02-05|website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan|language=ja}}</ref>
From August 23 to August 27, 2019, she hosted the Canadian Navy {{sclass|Halifax|frigate}} HMCS ''Ottawa'', who called at Maizuru for a goodwill visit.<ref>{{cite press release|date=8 August 2019 |title=カナダ海軍艦艇の訪日に伴うホストシップの派出等について |trans-title=Host ship dispatch for Canadian Navy vessels' visit to Japan |url=https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/201908/20190808.pdf |language=Japanese |publisher=Maritime Staff Office |access-date=4 December 2024}}</ref> Before Dawn on November 13, 2019, a North Korean-registered tanker (''MU BONG 1'') came into contact with a ship of unknown ship registration in the high seas of the East China Sea (about 280 km East of Shanghai). ''Sendai'' confirmed that she was performing what appeared to be a ship-to-ship transaction banned by a UN Security Council resolution. It was also confirmed that the other ship, whose nationality was unknown, covered the ship's name with something to avoid sanctions.<ref>{{Cite web|title=北朝鮮船籍タンカー「MU BONG 1（ムボン1）号」と船籍不明の船舶による洋上での物資の積替えの疑い|url=https://www.mofa.go.jp/mofaj/fp/nsp/page4_005495.html |access-date=2021-02-05|website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan|language=ja}}</ref>
== Gallery == <gallery mode="nolines" widths=180> File:JS Sendai（DE-232） in Osaka 20130310-01.JPG|JS ''Sendai'' in Osaka on 10 March 2013. File:JS Sendai（DE-232） in Osaka 20130310-02.JPG|JS ''Sendai'' in Osaka on 10 March 2013. File:JS Sendai(DE-232) at JMU Maizuru Shipyard July 16, 2016.jpg|JS ''Sendai'' in Maizuru on 16 July 2016. File:JS Sendai (DE-232) right front view at JMSDF Maizuru Naval Base July 29, 2017 02.jpg|JS ''Sendai'' in Maizuru on 29 July 2017. File:JS Sendai (DE-232) right rear view at JMSDF Maizuru Naval Base July 29, 2017.jpg|JS ''Sendai'' in Maizuru on 29 July 2017. File:JS”Sendai”(DE-232) At Maizuru.jpg|JS ''Sendai'' in Maizuru on 19 March 2020. </gallery>
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==External links== {{Commons category-inline|JS Sendai (DE-232)}}
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