JS Tokiwa
![]() JS Tokiwa on 15 March 2006. | |
History | |
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Name |
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Namesake | Lake Tokiwa |
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 |
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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 Tokiwa (AOE-423) is the second ship of the Towada-class replenishment ships of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. She was commissioned on 12 March 1990.[1][2]
Construction and career
[edit]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
[edit]- JS Tokiwa and JS Ōnami at the Port of Shimizu on 1 August 2004.
- JS Tokiwa refueling with USS Decatur on 15 March 2006.
- JS Tokiwa on 9 July 2016.
- M2 Browning aboard JS Tokiwa at Hanshin Naval Base on 10 July 2016.
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.
External links
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