JDS Kurama (DDH 144)

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

Japanese Navy

1981-2017

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Shirane class

H · Helicopter Carrier

Flight Deck:	44
Shipyard:	Ishikawajima Shipyard (IHI)

Shirane class

Timeline

Date	Event
Feb 17, 1978	Laid down
Sep 20, 1979	Launched
Mar 27, 1981	Commissioned
Mar 22, 2017	Decommissioned
Jun 2018	Fate: sunk	sunk by torpedo from submarine, in Wakasa Bay