Kashima class - AO - Support Ship IMO: MMSI: 431999529 Flight Deck: Call Sign: JSUK Shipyard: Maizuru Events ---Filter---OrderedLaid downLaunchedCommissionedPort VisitDeployment History of JDS Kashima TV 3508 1992OrderedOrdered 1993-apr-20Laid downLaid down 1994-feb-23LaunchedLaunched 1995-jan-26CommissionedCommissioned 2007-aug-19Port VisitPort Visit Darwin Intl Darwin visit to Darwin for Japanese Training Squadron, departed 21 Aug. 2008-jul-25DeploymentDeployment HMNB Portsmouth Meet Your Navy 2008 At HMNB Portsmouth, 25-27 Jul for Meet Your Navy 2008 2011-aug-10Port VisitPort Visit Bedford Basin Dartmouth Cove visit to Dartmouth Cove, Halifax until 14 Aug. 2016-jul-31Port VisitPort Visit Tower Bridge Upper Pool of London visit to London, moored alongside HMS Belfast. Departed 3 Aug. 2018-aug-22DeploymentDeployment Baltic Sea SNMG1 Part of Japanese Training Squadron exercising in the Baltic with NATO SNMG1 flagship KDM Esbern Snare. 2022-jun-22Port VisitPort Visit Tower Bridge Upper alongside HMS Belfast. Add new event for this unitYear:Month: <- (1/12) Optional Day: <- (1/31) Optional Text: Add Event Specifications Kashima class 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 Builder Maizuru, 1nm NW of Maizuru City, Kyoto