The Japan Maritime Self-Protection Pressure (JMSDF, Kaijo Jieitai) coaching ship JS Kashima (TV-3508) and the Hatakaze class destroyer JS Shimakaze (DDG-172) performed a goodwill train with the Colombian Navy (ARC, Armada de la República de Colombia) Almirante Padilla class frigates Arc Antioquia (FM-53) and ARC Caldas (FM-52) within the Caribbean Sea to advertise mutual understanding. This Goodwill Train is the primary time the Japan Maritime Self-Protection Pressure has exercised with Colombia Navy. Preventive measures towards COVID-19 had been applied in the course of the train.
JS Kashima (TV-3508) is a coaching ship of the Japan Maritime Self-Protection Pressure (JMSDF). Constructed to a novel design in the course of the mid-Nineteen Nineties, Kashima is flagship of the JMSDF Coaching Fleet. The title Kashima comes from the well-known Shinto Kashima Shrine in Ibaraki prefecture, positioned to the northeast of Tokyo. She is 143 metres (469 ft) lengthy, with a beam of 18 metres (59 ft), and a draft of 4.6 metres (15 ft). Kashima has a full load displacement of 4,050 tons. She is powered by a mixed diesel or fuel (CODOG) system, which makes use of two Mitsubishi S16U-MTK diesel engines. The ship is armed with a single Otobreda 76 mm gun and two triple 324 mm torpedo tube units.
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JS Shimakaze (DDG-172) is the second ship of the Hatakaze-class guided missile destroyers constructed for the Japan Maritime Self-Protection Pressure (JMSDF). Shimikaze was laid down on the 13 January 1985 in Mitsubishi shipyard in Nagasaki. She was launched on 30 January 1987, and commissioned on 23 March 1988. Hatakaze destroyers function the OYQ-4-1 sort tactical management system. Its weapon methods embrace the Customary missile surface-to-air missile, anti-submarine rockets, the RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missile, two Mark 15 20 mm CIWS gun mounts, two torpedo mounts in a triple tube configuration and two 5 inch/54 caliber Mark 42 rapid-fire weapons.
The Almirante Padilla-class frigates is a collection of frigates operated by the Colombian Navy. The ships had been constructed by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) at Kiel, West Germany. The frigates have undergone vital modification over their careers with the 2012 Orion Program Improve considerably modernising the vessels. The frigates had been initially armed with eight MM 40 Exocet anti-ship missiles. The Almirante Padilla class had been additionally armed with an OTO Melara 76-millimetre (3 in)/62 calibre Compact naval gun. For anti-submarine warfare, the vessels had been outfitted with six 324 mm (13 in) torpedo tubes
