JDS Shirase (AGB 5002)

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

Japanese Navy

1982-2008

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Icebreakers Shirase class

AW · Icebreakers

Shipyard:

Tsurumi Shipyard (NKK)

Timeline

Date	Event
Mar 5, 1981	Laid down
Dec 11, 1981	Launched
Nov 12, 1982	Commissioned
Jul 30, 2008	Decommissioned	to be replaced by JDS Shirase (AGB 5003)