JS Shimokita
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History | |
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Japan | |
Name | JS Shimokita |
Builder | Mitsui, Tamano |
Laid down | 30 November 1999 |
Launched | 29 November 2000 |
Commissioned | 12 March 2002 |
Homeport | Kure, Hiroshima |
Identification | MMSI number: 431999652 |
Status | in active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Template:Sclass- |
Displacement | 8,900 long tons (9,000 t) standard |
Length | 178 m (584 ft) |
Beam | 25.8 m (85 ft) |
Propulsion | Diesels (26,000 bhp) |
Speed | 22 knots (25 mph; 41 km/h) |
JS Shimokita is an Ōsumi class LST of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
The ship was built by Mitsui, Tamano and commissioned into service on 12 March 2002.[1]
Notes
- ^ GlobalSecurity.org, LST Osumi Class, shiplist