An undated photograph of the JDS
Shirane (DDH-143), the lead ship of her class of
Shirane-class helicopter destroyers and the most powerful warship of the JMSDF as of 1983. Unfortunately,
Shirane would become a casualty during Doomsday as she was at port in Yokosuka. Her sister ship, the JDS
Kurama (DDH-144), shared the same fate as it was docked in Sasebo.
The JDS
Shirane is featured in the manga
Zipang, where she was sent back in time to the Battle of Midway in 1942.