For other ships with the same name, see Japanese ship Mikuma.
JS Mikuma
History
Japan
Name
Mikuma
(みくま)
Namesake
Mikuma
Ordered
2020
Builder
Mitsubishi, Nagasaki
Laid down
15 July 2020
Launched
10 December 2021
Commissioned
7 March 2023
Identification
Pennant number: FFM-4
Status
Active
General characteristics
Class and type
Mogami-class frigate
Displacement
3,900 tons standard
5,500 tons full load
Length
133 m (436 ft 4 in)
Beam
16 m (52 ft 6 in)
Propulsion
CODAG
1 × Rolls-Royce MT30 gas turbine
2 × MAN Diesel V28/33DD STC engine
Speed
over 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Boats & landing craft carried
2 × RHIB, UUV, USV
Crew
90
Sensors and processing systems
OPY-2 (X-band multi-purpose AESA radar)
OAX-3(EO/IR)
OQQ-25 (VDS + TASS)
OQQ-11 (Mine-hunting sonar)
OYQ-1 (Combat management system)
OYX-1-29 (Console display system)
Electronic warfare & decoys
NOLQ-3E (Passive radar system + Electronic attack capability is integrated into the main radar antenna), Chaff dispenser
Armament
1 × 5 in (127 mm) Mk-45 Mod 4 naval gun
2 × missile canisters for a total of 8 Type 17 anti-ship missiles
1 × SeaRAM
Type 12 torpedoes
Simplified mine laying equipment
16 × Mk-41 VLS
Naval version of Type 03 Chū-SAM
2 × Remote weapon station
Aircraft carried
1 × SH-60L helicopter
Aviation facilities
Single hangar
JS Mikuma (FFM-4) is the fourth ship of the Mogami-class frigates of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).[1] She was named after the Mikuma River and shares her name with a World War II heavy cruiser Mikuma and Cold War destroyer escort Mikuma.
^Kosuke Takahashi (10 December 2021). "Japan's MHI Launches Fourth Mogami-Class Multirole Frigate for JMSDF". The Diplomat. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
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