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Abukuma-class destroyer escortlarger figure on 3 of 4
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Length
Single source357 ft (109 m)[source]
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| Specification | Abukuma-class destroyer escort | BPS-500 missile boat |
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| Displacement | 2,000 tons standard 2,550 tons full load[source] | — |
| Power | CODOG , two shafts 2 × Kawasaki - RR SM1A gas turbines 26,650 hp (19,870 kW) 2 × Mitsubishi S12U MTK diesels 6,000 hp (4,500 kW)[source] | 2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets[source] |
| Builders | Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding Company Limited Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.[source] | — |
| Operators | Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force[source] | Vietnam People's Navy[source] |
BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 1 of 4
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62 metres (203.4 ft )[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Preceded by | Yūbari class[source] | — |
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| Succeeded by | Mogami class[source] | — |
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| Built | 1988–1991[source] | 1998–2001, 2025–present[source] |
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| In commission | 1989–present[source] | 2001–present[source] |
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| Planned | 11[source] |
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| Completed |
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| Canceled | — |
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| Active |
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| Type | Destroyer escort[source] | Guided-missile corvette[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | OPS-14 air search radar OPS-20 marine radar OPS-28C low-altitude surveillance/surface surveillance FCS-2 fire control system Sonar: OQS-8[source] | MR-352 ("Cross Dome") search radar MR-123 ("Bass Tilt") fire control radar[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | NEC NOLR-6B ESM + OLR-3 Jamming[source] | — |
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| 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 2 x Mk.137 SRBOC chaff launcher[source] | 1 x AK-176 76 mm gun 1 x AK-630 30 mm CIWS 2 x 12.7 mm machine guns Anti-ship missiles 8 x Kh-35 Uran anti-ship missiles ( Ship 381 ) 8 x VCM-01 anti-ship missiles (from A2 onward) 1 x 9K38 Igla MANPADS[source] |
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| Country of origin | Japan[source] Japan[source] | — |
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| Name | — | BPS-500 class[source] |
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| On order | — |
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| Building | — |
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| Laid up | — |
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| Retired | — |
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| Tonnage | — | 850 tons (full load)[source] |
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| National origin | — | Russia[source] |
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| Alternative designation | — | BPS-500[source] |
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