JS Yūbari (DE-227)

JS Yūbari was a Yūbari-class destroyer escort of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force, pennant number DE-227. The class was developed as an advanced version of the earlier 52DE design, with standard displacement raised by about 200 tons, length extended by 6 metres, more room for the combat information centre and crew, and a fuel tank enlarged enough to raise the fuel load by about 35 percent and lengthen her range. Her machinery was a CODOG arrangement pairing a diesel engine with a Kawasaki-Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbine. Sumitomo Heavy Industries laid her down at its Uraga shipyard on 9 February 1981 and launched her on 22 February 1982, and she commissioned on 18 March 1983. She took part in disaster relief after the eruption of Mount Usu on 31 March 2000, was decommissioned on 25 June 2010 and was sent to scrap a few years later.