JS Tokiwa
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![]() JS Tokiwa on 15 March 2006.
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Name |
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Namesake | Tokiwa, Aomori |
Owner | Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force |
Builder | Hitachi Shipbuilding Corporation, Maizuru |
Laid down | 12 May 1988 |
Launched | 23 March 1989 |
Commissioned | 12 March 1990 |
Homeport | Yokosuka, Japan |
Identification | Pennant number: AOE-423 |
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 |
Tokiwa (AOE-423) is the second ship of the Template:Sclass-s of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. She was commissioned on 12 March 1990.[1][2]
Construction and career
She is laid down on 12 May 1988 and launched on 23 March 1989. Commissioned on 12 March 1990 with the hull number AOE-423.
Gallery
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JS Tokiwa and JS Ōnami at the Port of Shimizu on 1 August 2004.
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JS Tokiwa refueling with USS Decatur on 15 March 2006.
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JS Tokiwa on 9 July 2016.
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M2 Browning aboard JS Tokiwa at Hanshin Naval Base on 10 July 2016.
References
- ^ "Materials of IJN (JMSDF Vessels - Mashu class Combat support ships)". admiral31.world.coocan.jp. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
- ^ www.navyrecognition.com https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2016/february-2016-navy-naval-forces-defense-industry-technology-maritime-security-global-news/3622-japan-will-soon-launch-replacement-program-for-jmsdf-3-towada-class-replenishment-oilers.html. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
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