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==Construction and career==
''Abukuma'' was [[Keel laying|laid down]] at [[Mitsui|Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding]] [[Tamano]] Shipyard on 17 March 1988 and [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] on 21 December 1988. She was [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 12 December 1989 and deployed to [[Maizuru]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=|first=|title=World Ships Special Edition 66th Collection Maritime Self-Defense Force All Ship History|publisher=Gaijinsha|year=2004|isbn=|location=|pages=}}</ref>

The [[Royal Australian Navy]] destroyer {{HMAS|Perth|D 38|6}} and frigate {{HMAS|Canberra|FFG 02|6}}, which called at Maizuru from 29 October to 3 November 1993, were hosted by the escort ship {{ship|JS|Chikuma}} and ''Abukuma''.

A suspicious ship off was spotted off the [[Noto Peninsula]] on 23 March 1999. The first "maritime security action" was announced, and the suspicious ship was tracked by ''Abukuma'' along with the escort ships {{ship|JS|Haruna}} and {{ship|JS|Myōkō}}.

The destroyer escort joined Maizuru District Force 24th Escort Corps on 6 November 2003. On 26 March 2008, the 24th escort was renamed to the 14th escort due to a major reorganization of the Self-Defense Fleet, and was reorganized under the escort fleet.

On 6 July 2009, Japan-Korea rescue joint training was held in the [[Sea of Japan]], and ''Abukuma'' participated with the escort ship {{ship|JS|Ōnami}} and three [[Lockheed P-3 Orion|P-3C patrol aircraft]], and the [[Republic of Korea Navy]] destroyer {{ship|ROKS|Yang Man-chun|DDH-973|6}}. Training was conducted with {{ship|ROKS|Wang Geon|DDH-978|6}}.<ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=July 4, 2009|title=First arrival at the JMSDF Maizuru base, a destroyer of the South Korean Navy|work=Yomiuri ONLINE|url=|url-status=|access-date=}}{{deadlink|date=September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=|first=|title=Joint training by the JMSDF and the South Korean Navy in the Sea of Japan, with a view to the situation in North Korea?|publisher=MSN Sankei News|date=July 7, 2009|isbn=|location=|pages=}}</ref>

On 15 March 2010, the escort fleet was transferred to the 12th escort corps due to reorganization, and the homeport was transferred from Maizuru to [[Kure, Hiroshima|Kure]]. ''Abukuma'' was among the naval forces dispatched to aid inhabitants of Japan after the 2011 [[2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami|Great East Japan Earthquake]] off the Pacific coast on 11 March 2011.