JDS Ōsumi (LST-4001)
History | |
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Japan | |
Name: | JS Ōsumi |
Builder: | Mitsui, Tamano |
Laid down: | 6 December 1995 |
Launched: | 18 November 1996 |
Commissioned: | 11 March 1998 |
Homeport: | Kure, Hiroshima |
Status: | in active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Ōsumi-class Landing Ship, Tank |
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 Ōsumi is an Ōsumi class LST of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).
The ship was built by Mitsui, Tamano and commissioned into service on 11 March 1998.[1]
Service
This ship delivered supplies to the disaster area after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.[2]
Notes
- ↑ GlobalSecurity.org, LST Osumi Class, shiplist
- ↑ Seawaves,"Warships Supporting Earthquake in Japan"; NHK broadcast, March 18, 2011.
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