JS Awaji
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| File:JS Awaji(MSO-304) left front view at JMSDF Hanshin Base April 1, 2017 01.jpg JS Awaji on 1 April 2017 | |
| History | |
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| File:Naval Ensign of Japan.svgJapan | |
| Name |
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| Namesake | Awaji |
| Ordered | 2013 |
| Builder | JMU, Yokohama |
| Laid down | 27 February 2014 |
| Launched | 27 October 2015 |
| Commissioned | 16 March 2017 |
| Homeport | Yokosuka |
| Identification | Pennant number: MSO-304 |
| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Awaji-class minesweeper |
| Displacement | 690 t (680 long tons) standard |
| Length | 66.8 m (219 ft 2 in) |
| Beam | 11 m (36 ft 1 in) |
| Draft | 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in) |
| Depth | 5.2 m (17 ft 1 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement | 54 |
| Sensors & processing systems | |
| Armament | 1 × single JM61R-MS 20mm gun |
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JS Awaji (MSO-304) is the lead ship of the Awaji-class minesweeper of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).
Construction and career
[edit | edit source]Awaji was laid down on 27 February 2014 and launched on 27 October 2015 by Japan Marine United (JMU) Yokohama Shipyard.[1][2] She was commissioned on 16 March 2017, and then she was incorporated into the 1st Mine Warfare Group and deployed to Yokosuka.[3] From July 18 to July 30, 2027, she participated in mine warfare training and minesweeping special training in Mutsu Bay.
From July 18 to July 30, 2018, she conducted mine warfare training and some Japan-US-India joint minesweeping special training in Mutsu Bay.[4]
Gallery
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JS Awaji on 18 March 2017
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JS Awaji on 22 April 2017
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JS Awaji and JS Hirado on 30 April 2018
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References
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- Chapter 6 Third Defense Era, 25 Years of the Maritime Self-Defense Force, Maritime Staff Office, 1980.
- Hiroshi Nagata, What is required of future self-defense ships (new type of Maritime Self-Defense Force), Ships of the World, No. 550, Gaijinsha, April 1999, pp. 69–73