Towada-class replenishment ship

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The guided missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG 85), right, conducts a replenishment at sea with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force fast-combat support ship JS Hamana (AOE 424) during Pacific Bond 2012 June 7 120607-N-TG831-0973.jpg
The US Navy destroyer USS McCampbell, right, conducts a replenishment at sea with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force fast-combat support ship JDS Hamana in 2012
Class overview
Builders Hitachi Shipbuilding Corporation, Maizuru Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries, Tokyo
OperatorsNaval Ensign of Japan.svg  Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Preceded by Sagami class
Succeeded by Mashū class
Planned3
Completed3
Active3
General characteristics
Type Fast combat support ship
Displacement
Length167 m (548 ft)
Beam22.0 m (72.2 ft)
Draught15.9 m (52 ft)
Propulsion
  • 2 × Mitsui 16V42M-A diesel engines
  • 26,000  shp (19,388 kW) each
  • 2 × shafts
Speed22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Range10,500 nmi (19,446 km; 12,083 mi) at 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Complement140
Aviation facilities Helicopter deck only, may carry helicopters up to the size of MH-53E

The Towada-class is a series of replenishment oilers of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). Three ships of the class were built between 1985-89. The ships have the hull designator AOE. [1]

Contents

The Towada-class was designed as an enlarged, improved version of the Sagami-class fast combat support ships. The vessels are capable of mounting the Phalanx CIWS by design, although this is not a common occurrence. [2]

List of ships

NameNumberLaid downLaunchedCommissionedDecommissionedHomeportStatus
Towada (とわだ)AOE-42217 April 198525 March 198624 March 1987 Kure Active
Tokiwa (ときわ)AOE-42312 May 198823 March 198912 March 1990 Yokosuka Active
Hamana (はまな)AOE-4248 July 198818 May 198929 March 1990 Sasebo Active

References

  1. Wertheim, Eric (2013). The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World, 16th Edition. Naval Institute Press. p. 377. ISBN   978-1591149545.
  2. "AOE Towada Class". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 26 January 2016.