ISHIKARI (DE-226) class FF

 0 ISHIKARI-class FRIGATES (FF)

 Name         Pendant    Launched         Commissioned     Status
 ISHIKARI     DE-226     March 18, 1980   March 30, 1981   Stricken

This anti-submarine frigate was in effect a prototype for the larger YUBARI- class frigates, to which it is nearly identical in hull-form, weapons and propulsion. As many as 20 units were planned, but the program was curtailed when it became apparent that the ship was too small a platform for the desired...