| Career (Japan) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | JS Onami |
| Builder: | Mitsubishi |
| Laid down: | 17 May 2000 |
| Launched: | 20 September 2001 |
| Commissioned: | 13 March 2003 |
| Homeport: | Yokosuka |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2012[update] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Takanami destroyer |
| Displacement: | 4,600 long tons (4,700 t) |
| Length: | 151 m (495 ft) |
| Beam: | 17.4 m (57 ft) |
| Height: | 10.9 m (36 ft) |
| Draft: | 5.3 m (17 ft) |
| Propulsion: | COGAG, two shafts |
JS Onami is a Takanami class destroyer of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).
The ship was built by Mitsubishi in Nagasaki and commissioned into service on 13 March 2003.[1]
This ship was one of several in the JMSDF fleet participating in disaster relief after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.[2]