JS Hamana
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![]() JS Hamana refueling USS McCampbell on 7 June 2012.
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Name |
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Namesake | Lake Hamana |
Owner | Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force |
Builder | Hitachi Shipbuilding Corporation, Maizuru |
Laid down | 8 July 1988 |
Launched | 18 May 1989 |
Commissioned | 29 March 1990 |
Homeport | Sasebo, Japan |
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Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Towada-class replenishment ship |
Displacement | 8,100 tonnes standard |
Length | 167 m (548 ft) |
Beam | 22.0 m (72.2 ft) |
Draught | 15.9 m (52 ft) |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) |
Range | 10,500 nmi (19,446 km; 12,083 mi) at 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) |
Complement | 140 |
Armament | 1 × Phalanx CIWS |
Aircraft carried | 1 × helicopter |
Aviation facilities | Helicopter deck |
JS Hamana (AOE-424) is the third ship of the Towada-class replenishment ships of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. She was commissioned on 29 March 1990.[1][2]
Construction and career
[edit]She is laid down on 8 July 1988 and launched on 18 May 1989. Commissioned on 29 March 1990 with the hull number AOE-424.
On 19 February 2021, USS Curtis Wilbur and French frigate Prairial conducted a replenishment with JS Hamana.[3][4]
On 21 May 2022, the Hamana, the JS Makinami (DD-112), and the JS Asahi (DD-119) sighted the PLAN Liaoning carrier strike group going towards Miyako-jima. [5]
Gallery
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USS Antietam coming alongside JS Hamana for refueling 18 December 2001.
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USS Antietam coming alongside JS Hamana for refueling 18 December 2001.
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USS Antietam refueling with JS Hamana on 18 December 2001.
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USS Tortuga pulls alongside JS Hamana for refueling on 2 November 2011.
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JS Ariake and USS McCampbell refueling alongside JS Hamana on 13 November 2012.
References
[edit]- ^ "Materials of IJN (JMSDF Vessels - Mashu class Combat support ships)". admiral31.world.coocan.jp. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
- ^ "Japan Will Soon Launch Replacement Program for JMSDF 3 Towada class Replenishment Oilers". www.navyrecognition.com. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
- ^ Liston, MC2 Benjamin T.; Wilbur, USS Curtis. "USS Curtis Wilbur conducts trilateral replenishment-at-sea with Japan, France". www.cpf.navy.mil. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Tri-lateral Replenishment-at-Sea Between USA, Japan and France". Naval News. 2021-02-23. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
- ^ "Chinese Carrier Strike Group Now Operating in East China Sea". 23 May 2022.
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