Specifications 4050light (tn) 143length (m) 18beam (m) 4.60draught (m) 7000range (nm) 25max speed (knots) 2Naval Engine diesel2Naval Engine gas turbine - Rolls Royce Spey2Naval Engine propulsion system: CODOG 1Naval Gun Oto Melara 76 mm 2Torpedo Launchers Mk 32 triple-tube 324mm Aircraft Typical Max Landing platform only. No hangar Shipyards Maizuru - 1nm NW of Maizuru City, Kyoto1 List of Ships Filter: AllJP - Japanese Navy .......... 1 Hide Transfers Hide derivatives 1995--JMSDFTV 3508JDS KashimaJSUK1 units Events 1992OrderedOrdered TV 3508 JDS Kashima 1993-apr-20Laid downLaid down TV 3508 JDS Kashima 1994-feb-23LaunchedLaunched TV 3508 JDS Kashima 1995-jan-26CommissionedCommissioned TV 3508 JDS Kashima 2007-aug-19Port VisitPort Visit TV 3508 JDS Kashima visit to Darwin for Japanese Training Squadron, departed 21 Aug. 2008-jul-25DeploymentDeployment TV 3508 JDS Kashima At HMNB Portsmouth, 25-27 Jul for Meet Your Navy 2008 2011-aug-10Port VisitPort Visit TV 3508 JDS Kashima visit to Dartmouth Cove, Halifax until 14 Aug. 2016-jul-31Port VisitPort Visit TV 3508 JDS Kashima visit to London, moored alongside HMS Belfast. Departed 3 Aug. 2018-aug-22DeploymentDeployment TV 3508 JDS Kashima SNMG1 Part of Japanese Training Squadron exercising in the Baltic with NATO SNMG1 flagship KDM Esbern Snare. 2022-jun-22Port VisitPort Visit TV 3508 JDS Kashima alongside HMS Belfast.