JDS Kashima (3508) is a training ship of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). Built to a unique design during the mid 1990s, Kashima is flagship of the JMSDF Training Fleet. She is 469 feet in length. Her ship's company is 370, including officer cadets.
Kashima was photographed with two other JMSDF training vessels in Pearl Harbor, HI on Friday, June 10, suggesting that her commanding officer put the pedal to the metal, so to speak, to arrive in Seattle on Tuesday, June 14. The nautical distance between the two cities is about 2600 nm, requiring an average speed of about 27 kph to make the crossing in four full days (96 hours). Possible? Yes. Likely? I'm not so sure. Perhaps the Pearl Harbor photo was taken Thursday rather than Friday.
One wonders whether the other Japanese training vessels are also on their way to Seattle.
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