[clarification needed][1] Sendai was laid down at Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Tokyo Shipyard on 14 April 1989 and launched on 19 December 1989.

[2] On June 20, 1991, the 39th Escort Corps was newly formed under the Sasebo District Force, and she was incorporated with JS Ōyodo.

At Noon on February 16, 2018, she, along with a P-3C belonging to the 1st Air Group, intercepted a North Korean-registered tanker (Yu Jong No.

The Sendai confirmed that ship was performing what appeared to be a ship-to-ship transaction banned by a UN Security Council resolution.

Sendai confirmed that she was performing what appeared to be a ship-to-ship transaction banned by a UN Security Council resolution.