JDS Shimokita (LST-4002)

Shimokita escorted by USS Halsey
Career (Japan)
Name: JS Shimokita
Builder: Mitsui, Tamano
Laid down: 30 November 1999
Launched: 29 November 2000
Commissioned: 12 March 2002
Homeport: Kure, Hiroshima
Status: in active service, as of 2015
General characteristics
Class and type:Ōsumi-class LST
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)
For other ships of the same name, see JDS Shimokita.

JS Shimokita is a 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

  1. GlobalSecurity.org, LST Osumi Class, shiplist