Amakusa at Sasebo Naval Base in 2007.
History
Japan
Name
  • Amakusa
  • (あまくさ)
BuilderUniversal, Keihin
Laid down3 December 2002
Launched6 August 2003
Commissioned16 March 2004
HomeportSasebo
IdentificationMMSI number: 431999677
Statusin active service
General characteristics
Class and typeHiuchi, Auxiliary Multi-purpose Support (AMS)
Displacement980 long tons (1,000 t)
Length65 m (213 ft)
Beam12.0 m (39.4 ft)
Height5.8 m (19 ft)
Draft3.5 m (11 ft)
PropulsionDiesel
Speed15 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]

On 22 May 2022, the Amakusa conducted surveillance on a PLAN destroyer near Miyako Island. [6]

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" Archived 2011-03-23 at the Wayback Machine
  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
  6. ↑ "Chinese Carrier Strike Group Now Operating in East China Sea". 23 May 2022.

References

  • Werth, Eric. (2007). Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 9781591149552; OCLC 140283156


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