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==Construction and career==
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''Tone'' was [[Keel laying|laid down]] at Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Tokyo Shipyard on 8 February 1991 and [[Ceremonial ship launching|launched]] on 6 December 1991. She was [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 8 February 1993 and deployed to [[Sasebo]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=World Ships Special Edition 66th Collection Maritime Self-Defense Force All Ship History|publisher=Gaijinsha|year=2004|isbn= |pages= }}</ref>{{Page needed|date=November 2024}}

From 2–4 August 1999, ''Tone'' visited [[Busan]], South Korea with the escort vessels {{ship|JS|Shirane}} and {{ship|JS|Setoyuki}}, and she conducted the first Japan-Korea joint training in the [[East China Sea]] from the 4–5 August.

It was planned for the destroyer escort to be open to the public at [[Shibushi, Kagoshima|Shibushi Port]], along with the escort vessels {{ship|JS|Sendai}}, [[JDS Sawakaze (DDG-170)|JS ''Sawakaze'']], and the transport vessel {{ship|JS|Ōsumi}} at the Kanoya Air Festival held from 19 to 20 May 2001, but near [[Fukue Island|Fukuejima]], a [[People's Liberation Army Navy|Chinese Navy]] ice-breaking information gathering ship was sailing offshore, so the activity was canceled so that the ships could track and monitor the Chinese vessel. After leaving Sasebo on 2 October 2001, she engaged in warning and surveillance activities with the [[United States Navy|US Navy]] amphibious assault ship {{USS|Essex|LHD-2|6}}.

Around 5:30 PM on 16 February 2016, the Chinese Navy's [[East Sea Fleet]] sailed {{convert|85|km}} East-Northeast of Taneshima from the Pacific Ocean to the [[East China Sea]]. The frigate {{ship|Chinese frigate|Yantai|538|2}}, [[spy ship]] {{ship|Chinese spy ship|Tianlangxing||2}}, and supply ship {{ship|Chinese supply ship|Honghu||2}} were discovered together by [[Lockheed P-3 Orion|P-3C]] aircraft belonging to the 5th Air Group and the support ship {{ship|JS|Genkai}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mod.go.jp/js/Press/press2016/press_pdf/p20160217_02.pdf |title=Joint Start Press Release report |date= |website=mod.go.jp |access-date=5 November 2024 |quote= |language=Japanese |trans-title= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160222011459/https://www.mod.go.jp/js/Press/press2016/press_pdf/p20160217_02.pdf |archive-date=22 February 2016 }}</ref> After that, four ships were spotted heading West through the [[Ōsumi Islands|Ōsumi Strait]]. On 25 December, the Joint Staff Office of the Ministry of Defense announced that ''Tone'' was in the waters of the Central East China Sea at around 4 PM on the 24th of December, with the Chinese Navy aircraft carrier {{ship|Chinese aircraft carrier|Liaoning||2}}, three missile destroyers, three frigate ships, and one supply ship, visually confirming the aircraft carrier's presence. This is the first time that the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force had visually confirmed the aircraft carrier of the Chinese Navy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mod.go.jp/js/Press/press2016/press_pdf/p20161225_01.pdf |title=中国海軍艦艇の動向について |date= |website=mod.go.jp |access-date=5 November 2024 |quote= |language=Japanese |trans-title=Chinese Navy vessel movements |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225083905/https://www.mod.go.jp/js/Press/press2016/press_pdf/p20161225_01.pdf |archive-date=25 December 2016 }}</ref>