en Japanese ship Shimokita

Several ships of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force have been named Shimokita:

JDS Shimokita (LST-4002) (1961), ex-US LST-835 acquired by Japan in 1961. Later sold to the Philippine Navy
JS Shimokita (LST-4002), a tank landing ship commissioned in 2002

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