JS ''Kashima'' (TV-3508) is a
training ship
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of the
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
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(JMSDF). Built to a unique design during the mid-1990s, ''Kashima'' is flagship of the JMSDF Training Fleet. The name ''Kashima'' comes from the famous
Shinto
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Kashima Shrine
is a Shinto shrine located in Kashima, Ibaraki in the northern Kantō region of Japan. It is dedicated to , one of the patron deities of martial arts. Various dōjō of ''kenjutsu'' and ''kendō'' often display a hanging scroll emblazoned with t ...
in
Ibaraki prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Ibaraki Prefecture has a population of 2,828,086 (1 July 2023) and has a geographic area of . Ibaraki Prefecture borders Fukushima Prefecture to the north, ...
, located to the northeast of
Tokyo
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.
Development and design
''Kashima'' is of a unique design referred to as the "''Kashima'' class cadet training ship".
[ She is long, with a beam of , and a draft of .][ ''Kashima'' has a full load displacement of 4,050 tons.][ She is powered by a combined diesel or gas (CODOG) system, which uses two Mitsubishi S16U-MTK diesel engines for cruising, and two Kawasaki-]Rolls-Royce Spey
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SM1C gas turbines (providing 26,150 shaft horsepower each): a diesel and a gas turbine are connected to each of the two controllable-pitch propeller shafts.[
The ship is armed with a single ]Otobreda 76 mm
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The s ...
gun and two triple 324 mm torpedo tube sets.[ Four saluting cannon are also carried.][ ''Kashima'' has a ship's company of 370, including ]officer cadet
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Th ...
s.[ Cadets are accommodated in two-person staterooms, allowing cadets of both sexes to train aboard the ship.][ The open aft deck was designed for use as a ceremonial and exercise assembly area, but can be used as a temporary helicopter landing zone.][
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Construction and career
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at the former Maizuru Naval Arsenal
was one of four principal naval shipyards owned and operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy.
History
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shipyards on 20 April 1993.Kure
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.New York
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, ''Kashima'' was involved in a minor collision with ''Queen Elizabeth 2
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''.[ The Japanese took the incident with good humour, with a Japanese admiral onboard commenting "it was an honour to be kissed by the Queen Elizabeth".][
In June 2022, the Kashima made a port call in London as part of an exchange event between Japan and Britain and to commemorate the 120th anniversary of the ]Anglo-Japanese Alliance
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in 2022.[ The ship will participate in an exercise with Britain's Royal Navy.]Tower Bridge
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.
Gallery
File:TV-3508 02l.jpg, JS ''Kashima'' underway, date unknown
File:TV-3508 01l.jpg, JS ''Kashima'' underway, date unknown
File:Japanese sailors jmsdf.jpg, Japanese officers and sailors assigned to the JDS ''Kashima'' on a port call in Pearl Harbor
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, 2004
File:JS Kashima and JS Asagiri at the Port of Virginia, -3 Aug. 2011 a.jpg, JS ''Kashima'' and JS Asagiri
JS ''Asagiri'' (DD-151) is an of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and is the oldest warship in commission in the JMSDF.
Development and design
The ''Asagiri'' class is equipped for combat and interception missions and is primari ...
at Virginia
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on 3 August 2011.
File:JS Kashima (ship, 1994) TV3508, Split, 2013-09-02.jpg, JS ''Kashima'' at Split
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Arts, enter ...
on 2 September 2013.
See also
* Kaiwo Maru (1989)
References
External links
GlobalSecurity.org; JMSDF TV Kashima Class
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Ships built by Hitachi Zosen Corporation
1994 ships
Training ships of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force