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==Construction and career==
''Chikuma'' was [[Keel laying|laid down]] at [[Hitachi Zosen Corporation]] [[Osaka]] Shipyard on 14 February 1991 and [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] on 25 January 1992. She was [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 24 February 1993 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|Australian Navy]] [[HMAS Perth (D 38)|destroyer HMAS Perth]] and the [[HMAS Canberra (FFG 02)|frigate HMAS Canberra]], which docked at Maizuru from October 29 to November 3, 1993, hosted the escort ship [[JS Abukuma]].

On June 13, 2000, she was transferred to the 25th Escort Corps of the [[Ōminato Guard District|Ominato District Force]] in place of the [[JDS Akigumo|training ship JS Akigumo]], and her homeport was transferred from Maizuru to [[Mutsu, Aomori|Mutsu]].

From May 11 to May 15, 2012, she and the [[French Navy]] [[French ship Dupuy de Lôme (A759)|information gathering ship Dupuy de Lôme]] participated in exercises at [[Hakodate|Hakodate Port]].

At around 15:40 on November 22, 2018, she was firing her high-performance [[Phalanx CIWS]] cannon on the deck about 130 km off [[Kumejima, Okinawa|Kumejima]], [[Okinawa Prefecture]], heavy seas caused the misfire of 21 rounds. The still live ammunition was dropped into the sea, and there were no injuries.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Chunichi|first=Shimbun|date=November 23, 2018|title=21 live ammunition dropped from the sea ship, off Kume Island, risk of explosion|work=|url=|access-date=}}</ref>