On 13 March 2000, the minesweeping force was reorganized and incorporated as a ship under direct control.[citation needed]
On 25 November 2001, she departed for the Arabian Sea for cooperation and support activities based on the Act on Special Measures Against Terrorism. On 12 December, she entered the port of Karachi, Pakistan with the escort ship JSSawagiri, and put together 1,025 tents, 18,600 blankets, 7,925 vinyl sheets, 19,980 sleeping mats, and 19,600 water containers for the High Commissioner for Refugees. Handed over to the office. She left Karachi Port on 13 December for Japan and returned on 31 December.[citation needed]
From 21 April to 7 May 2004, she participated in the second Western Pacific minesweeping training conducted in the waters around Singapore with the minesweeper JSHachijō and JSUkushima.[citation needed]
On 4 August 2005, Russia was dispatched to rescue the Russian deep-sea rescue boat AS28, which was unable to surface off the coast of Petropavlovsk Kamchatsky, Uraga alongside the submarine rescue shipJSChiyoda, JSYugeshima, JSUwajima. She returns on the 7th of the same month after a successful rescue of an airlifted British unmanned submersible. She is the first Maritime Self-Defense Force to carry out an international rescue mission. On 25 November, the same year, at the request of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, she was dispatched to Karachi, Pakistan, along with the escort ship JS Sawagiri to carry supplies such as tents and blankets for refugees in Afghanistan. After she carried out the relief supplies, she broke up with Sawagiri and returned to Japan on 31 December.[4]
On 11 March 2011, she was dispatched to the Great East Japan Earthquake caused by the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake. At the time of the earthquake, the Universal Shipbuilding Keihin Plant was inspecting annually, and because the engine was overhauled, it was not possible to dispatch immediately, so we will participate from 18 April after completion.
She participated in the US-sponsored international minesweeping training held in the Persian Gulf from 16 to 27 September 2012 with the minesweeper JS Hachijō.[6]
From 4 to 26 April 2016, she participated in the 4th International Minesweeper Training hosted by the United States with the minesweeper JSTakashima in the waters around the Arabian Peninsula.
On 1 July 2016, due to the reorganization of the Mine Warfare Force, the ships under the direct control of the group were abolished and incorporated into the 1st Mine Warfare Force.[7]
From 18 to 30 July 2018, she will conduct mine warfare training and special training for Japan-US-India joint minesweeping in Mutsu Bay.[8]
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, abbreviated JMSDF, also simply known as the Japanese Navy, is the maritime warfare branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, tasked with the naval defense of Japan. The JMSDF was formed following the dissolution of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) after World War II. The JMSDF has a fleet of 154 ships, 346 aircraft and 50,800 personnel.
JS Shimokita (LST-4002) is the second ship of the Ōsumi-class tank landing ships of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).
JS Ōsumi (LST-4001) is the lead ship of the Ōsumi-class tank landing ships of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).
JS Kunisaki (LST-4003) is the third ship of the Ōsumi-class tank landing ships of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).
JS Hyūga (DDH-181) is the lead ship of the Hyūga-class helicopter destroyers of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).
JS Ise (DDH-182) is a Hyūga-class helicopter destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). It is the second ship to be named Ise, the first being the Imperial Japanese Navy World War II-era battleship Ise.
JS Kurama (DDH-144) was the second ship of the Shirane-class destroyer in service with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).
Cha-222 or No. 222 was a No.1-class auxiliary submarine chaser of the Imperial Japanese Navy that served during World War II.
JS Yaeyama (MSO-301) was the lead ship of the Yaeyama-class minesweepers of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. She was commissioned on 16 March 1993.
JS Tsushima (MSO-302) was the second ship of the Yaeyama-class minesweepers of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. She was commissioned on 23 March 1993.
JS Hachijō (MSO-303) was the third ship of the Yaeyama-class minesweepers of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. She was commissioned on 24 March 1994.
JS Tenryū (ATS-4203) is a training support ship of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
JS Yūgiri (DD-153) is an Asagiri-class destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
The Ariake-class destroyer is a class of destroyers of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. Two ships of the Fletcher class were lent by the United States Navy and were in commission from 1959 until 1974.
JS Ōyodo (DE-231) is the third ship of the Abukuma-class destroyer escorts. She was commissioned on 23 January 1991.
JS Bungo (MST-464) is the second ship of Uraga-class mine countermeasure vessel.
JDS Hayase (MST-462) was a minesweeper for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
The Mine Warfare Force belonged to the minesweeping force for the self-defense fleet of the Maritime Self-Defense Forces. Its main task is to lay naval mines in the event of an emergency, and it also helps to dispose of mines installed during World War II.
JSAwaji(MSO-304) is the lead ship of the Awaji-class minesweeper of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).
JS Hirado (MSO-305) is the second ship of the Awaji-class minesweepers of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).
↑ "米主催国際掃海訓練について"(PDF). 1 February 2013. Archived from the original(PDF) on 1 February 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
↑ "米国主催第4回国際掃海訓練への参加について 海上自衛隊は、"[Regarding participation in the 4th International Minesweeping Exercise hosted by the United States, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force](PDF) (in Japanese). Archived from the original(PDF) on 14 September 2018.
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