Specifications 11600light (tn) 17600full load (tn) 134length (m) 28beam (m) 9.20draught (m) 25000range (nm) 19max speed (knots) 6Naval Engine diesel-electric Aircraft Typical Max JMSDF Mitsubishi S-61 02 JMSDF KHI OH-6D 01 Shipyards Tsurumi Shipayrd (NKK) - Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku1 List of Ships Filter: AllJP - Japanese Navy .......... 1 Hide Transfers Hide derivatives 1982--JMSDFAGB 5002JDS Shirase1 units Events 1981-mar-05Laid downLaid down AGB 5002 JDS Shirase 1981-dec-11LaunchedLaunched AGB 5002 JDS Shirase 1982-nov-12CommissionedCommissioned AGB 5002 JDS Shirase