JS Hirado (MSO-305)
![]() JS Hirado and JS Awaji on 30 April 2018
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Namesake | Hirado |
Ordered | 2014 |
Builder | JMU, Yokohama |
Laid down | 10 April 2015 |
Launched | 10 February 2017 |
Commissioned | 16 March 2018 |
Homeport | Yokosuka |
Identification | Pennant number: MSO-305 |
Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Class and 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 and processing systems | |
Armament | 1 × single |
JS Hirado (MSO-305) is the second ship of the Awaji-class minesweepers of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).
Construction and career[]
Awaji was laid down on 10 April 2015 and launched on 10 February 2017 by Japan Marine United Yokohama Shipyard. She was commissioned on 16 March 2018 and was incorporated It was incorporated into the 1st Mine Warfare Group and deployed to Yokosuka.[1][2]
From July 18th to July 30th, 2018, she conducted a mine warfare training and a Japan-US-India joint minesweeping special training in Mutsu Bay.[3]
Gallery[]
JS Awaji and JS Awaji on 30 April 2018
JS Hirado underway on 16 September 2019
Citations[]
Categories:
- Ships built by Japan Marine United
- 2017 ships
- Awaji-class minesweepers