JS Nōmi

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Nōmi after being launched
History
Naval Ensign of Japan.svgJapan
NameNōmi
Namesake Nōmi Island
Builder Japan Marine United, Yokohama
Cost12.6 billion yen
Laid down19 May 2021
Launched24 October 2023
CommissionedMarch 2025
Identification Pennant number: MSO-307
StatusTo be commissioned
General characteristics
Class and type Awaji-class minesweeper
Displacement690 t (680 long tons) standard
Length67 m (219 ft 10 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)
CrewApprox. 60
Sensors and
processing systems
Armament1 × single JM61R-MS 20mm guns

Nōmi (のうみ) is a minesweeper of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, and the fourth ship of the Awaji-class. She is named after Nomi Island of the Hiroshima Prefecture, and the second ship to be named in this manner, after the Imperial Japanese Navy's Mikura-class escort ship Nomi, [1] as well as the first in the JMSDF era. [2]

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History

Nomi was laid down on 19 May 2021 at the JMU Yokohama Works Tsurumi Plant as the 307th minesweeper planned for fiscal year 2020, and was named and launched on 24 October 2023. [3] She is scheduled to be commissioned in March 2025, after a period of being fitted out and undergoing sea trials.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. Takahashi, Kosuke. "海上自衛隊の最新鋭掃海艦「のうみ」が進水 艦名は東能美島・西能美島の総称である「能美」に由来(高橋浩祐) - エキスパート" [The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's latest minesweeper "Noumi" is launched. The ship's name comes from "Nomi", the collective name for the islands of Higashi-Nomi and Nishi-Nomi]. Yahoo!ニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  2. "3年ぶり! 最新掃海艦「のうみ」JMU横浜で進水 世界最大級のFRP船 海上自衛隊" [First in 3 years! Newest minesweeper "Noumi" launched at JMU Yokohama, the world's largest FRP ship, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force]. 乗りものニュース (in Japanese). 24 October 2023. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  3. "令和2年度計画掃海艦の命名式・進水式について" [Naming and launching ceremony for the FY2020 minesweeper](PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese). Maritime Staff Office. 17 October 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2024.