Harima was
laid down on 26 December 1990 at
Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding, Tamano and
launched on 11 September 1991. She was
commissioned on 10 March 1992. Currently, her homeport is in
Kure. On 4 February 2001 at 4:11 AM, about 110 km South of the main island of
Okinawa (25 degrees 08.4 minutes north latitude, 127 degrees 32.0 minutes east longitude), a tuna
longline fishing boat, belonging to the Naha district fishing port in
Okinawa Prefecture (11th
Hikei Maru [9.1 tons]) had its longline scratched by the outer panel of the center of the starboard side, and a hole, with a diameter of 50 cm, occurred in the bow of the
Hikei Maru, causing a wreck. On October 25 2001, at the Naha Branch of the
Japan Marine Accident Inquiry Agency, the
Hikei Maru crew members took measures to prevent operations due to the lack of movement monitoring on the Harima side and non-compliance with navigation between various vessels. The ruling was made, with the
Hikei Maru crew as a warning, mainly due to insufficient navigation and non-compliance with navigation between various vessels. On 1 December 2015, the Oceanographic Command Group was reorganized into the Oceanographic Command and Anti-submarine Support Group and was incorporated into the 1st Acoustic Measurement Corps, which was newly formed under the same group. On 1 November 2017, a crew system was introduced to the 1st Acoustic Measurement Corps for the first time as a JMSDF ship, and, from now on, the crew will not be fixed, as three crews will operate two ships alternately. ==References==