JS Hamana underway, date unknown. | |
History | |
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Japan | |
Name |
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Namesake | Lake Hamana |
Owner | Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force |
Builder | Hitachi Shipbuilding Corporation, Maizuru |
Laid down | 17 April 1961 |
Launched | 24 October 1961 |
Commissioned | 10 March 1962 |
Decommissioned | 24 March 1987 |
Identification | Pennant number: AO-411 |
Status | Decommissioned |
Class overview | |
Preceded by | N/A |
Succeeded by | Sagami class |
General characteristics | |
Type | Replenishment oiler |
Displacement | 2,900 tonnes standard |
Length | 128 m (420 ft) |
Beam | 15.7 m (52 ft) |
Draft | 6.3 m (21 ft) |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
Complement | 100 |
Armament | 2 × Dual 40mm bofors |
Hamana(AO-411) was the only ship of her type in the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. She was commissioned on 10 March 1962. She was succeeded by JS Sagami. [1]
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