anti-submarine warfare
bureau of ships
buships
cold war
destroyerescort
early 1960s
experimental
gas turbine
late 1950s
research
test ship
testbed
trials ship
united states
united states navy
This is an unusual project, especially in light of known JMSDF doctrine. It was apparently conceived around the mid-'90s or there abouts by the JMSDF and the old JDA as a lower cost alternative to the procurement of futher units of the Kongō class (what would eventually become the Atago class)...
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