JS Hirado

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JS Hirado(MSO-305) right front view at JMSDF Yokosuka Naval Base April 30, 2018 01.jpg
JS Hirado and JS Awaji on 30 April 2018
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Naval Ensign of Japan.svgJapan
Name
  • Hirado
  • (ひらど)
Namesake Hirado
Ordered2014
Builder JMU, Yokohama
Laid down10 April 2015
Launched10 February 2017
Commissioned16 March 2018
Homeport Yokosuka
Identification Pennant number: MSO-305
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and type Awaji-class minesweeper
Displacement690 t (680 long tons) standard
Length66.8  m (219  ft 2  in)
Beam11 m (36 ft 1 in)
Draft2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)
Depth5.2 m (17 ft 1 in)
Propulsion
Speed14  kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement54
Sensors and
processing systems
Armament1 × single JM61R-MS 20mm guns

JS Hirado (MSO-305) is the second ship of the Awaji-class minesweepers of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).

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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 18 to July 30, 2018, she conducted a mine warfare training and a Japan-US-India joint minesweeping special training in Mutsu Bay. [3]

Citations

  1. ↑ "海自、掃海艦「ひらど」進水＝１８年３月就役予定：時事ドットコム". Archived from the original on 23 September 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  2. ↑ https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/201803/20180306-01.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  3. ↑ https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/201807/20180717.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]

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