Specifications 175crew 80troops 12543light (tn) 22000full load (tn) 138length (m) 28beam (m) 9.20draught (m) 19.50max speed (knots) Shipyards Maizuru - 1nm NW of Maizuru City, Kyoto1 List of Ships Filter: AllJP - Japanese Navy .......... 1 Hide Transfers Hide derivatives 2009--JMSDFAGB 5003JDS ShiraseJSNJ1 units Events 2007-mar-15Laid downLaid down AGB 5003 JDS Shirase 2008-apr-16LaunchedLaunched AGB 5003 JDS Shirase 2009-may-20CommissionedCommissioned AGB 5003 JDS Shirase replacing JDS Shirase (AGB 5002) 2009-novDeploymentDeployment AGB 5003 JDS Shirase maiden deployment to support 51st Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition to Lutzow-Holm Bay 2014-feb-17DeploymentDeployment AGB 5003 JDS Shirase ran aground off Molodyozhnaya Station in Antarctica 2017-aug-18AircraftAircraft AGB 5003 JDS Shirase CH-101 from ships flight crashed during VERTREP training at Iwakuni 2021-nov-26Port VisitPort Visit AGB 5003 JDS Shirase noted at HMAS Stirling
Shirase (2008) class Shirase class Icebreakers ships 