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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 Homep...