The Chikugo-class destroyer escort was a class of destroyer escorts built by the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force as the successor of the Isuzu class, with the same ASW mission. This class was fol
JDS Niyodo on 16 February 1979
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JS Ishikari was the first destroyer escort with a gas turbine engine and surface-to-surface missiles of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. She is the successor of the earlier Chikugo class. Ent
Chikugo-class destroyer escort
…escorts built by the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force as the successor of the Isuzu class, with the same ASW mission. This class was followed by JDS Ishikari. This is the first Japanese destroyer escort class to carry ASROC anti-submarine missiles. The class entered service with Chikugo in 1971. Eleven ships…
JS Ishikari in 2006
JS Ishikari alongside JS Bungo on 24 September 2007.
JS Ishikari underway on 27 April 2014.
JS Ishikari's anchor on display on 1 October 2017.