TONE (DE-234) Japanese destroyer escort in the Kanmon Straits

JMSDF destroyer escort TONE (DE-234) passed thru the Kanmon Straits.

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)

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!

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