KURIHAMA (ASE-6101) class

 1 KURIHAMA-class MISCELLANEOUS AUXILIARY (AG)

 Name     Pendant     Launched          Commissioned     Status

 ASUKA    ASE-6101    Sept. 20, 1979    April 8, 1980    Active

This vessel was requested in the FY 1979 budget for service as a weapons trials ship.

She has been used in trials with the S-8 deep minesweeping system, G-RX4 ASW, a torpedo countermeasures system, a mine countermeasures computer, noise simulators, an antisubmarine sonar, a data-recording...