JS Amakusa (AMS-4303)

History
Japan
Name: JS Amakusa
Builder: Universal, Keihin
Laid down: 3 December 2002
Launched: 6 August 2003
Commissioned: 16 March 2004
Homeport: Sasebo
Status: in active service, as of 2016
General characteristics
Class & type: Hiuchi, Auxiliary Multi-purpose Support (ASW)
Displacement: 980 long tons (1,000 t)
Length: 65 m (213 ft)
Beam: 12.0 m (39.4 ft)
Height: 5.8 m (19 ft)
Draft: 3.5 m (11 ft)
Propulsion: Diesel
Speed: 15 knots

JS Amakusa is a Hiuchi Class Auxiliary Multi-purpose Support (AMS) ship of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).[1]

The ship was built by Universal in Keihin and commissioned into service on 16 March 2004.[2]

The primary mission of the Amakusa is to support training exercises of other ships, including shooting practice and torpedo launching practice.[3]

Service

This ship was one of several in the JMSDF fleet participating in disaster relief after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.[4] Akakusa was the second of two JMSDF ships which towed barges of fresh water from Yokosuka to the Fukushima I nuclear accidents. The water was used to replace the seawater being used in cooling efforts at the plant.[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ Werth, Eric. (2007). Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World, p. 392., p. 392, at Google Books
  2. ↑ Global Security, AMS Hiuchi Class, ship list
  3. ↑ Global Security.org, AMS Hiuchi Class
  4. ↑ Seawaves, "Warships Supporting Earthquake in Japan"
  5. ↑ Taylor, Brock. "Second U.S. Navy Barge Sent to Support Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Cooling Efforts" (Filename:DOD_100148949), DVIDS (Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System). 26 March 2011; retrieved 20 Mar 2011

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