JS Hiuchi (AMS-4301)

Career (Japan)
Name: JS Hiuchi
Builder: Mitsui, Tamano
Laid down: 18 January 2001
Launched: 4 September 2001
Commissioned: 27 March 2002
Homeport: Kure
Status: in active service, as of 2015
General characteristics
Class and type:Hiuchi, Auxiliary Multi-purpose Support (ASW)
Displacement:980 long tons (1,000 t)
Length:65 m (213 ft)
Beam:12.0 m (39.4 ft)
Height:5.8 m (19 ft)
Draft:3.5 m (11 ft)
Propulsion:Diesel
Speed:15 knots

JS Hiuchi is a Hiuchi class Auxiliary Multi-purpose Support (AMS) ship of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).[1]

The ship was built by Mitsui in Tamano and commissioned into service on 27 March 2002.[2]

The primary mission of the Hiuchi is to support training exercises of other ships, including shooting practice and torpedo launching practice.[3]

Service

This ship was one of several in the JMSDF fleet participating in disaster relief after the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.[4] Hiuchi was the first of two JMSDF ships which towed barges of fresh water from Yokosuka to the Fukushima I nuclear accidents. The water was used to replace the seawater being used in cooling efforts at the plant.[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ Werth, Eric. (2007). Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World, p. 392., p. 392, at Google Books
  2. ↑ Global Security, AMS Hiuchi Class, ship list
  3. ↑ Global Security.org, AMS Hiuchi Class
  4. ↑ Seawaves, "Warships Supporting Earthquake in Japan"
  5. ↑ Schmitt, Joe. "U.S. Navy to Provide 500,000 Gallons of Fresh Water to Fukushima Power Plant," Navy Compass (US). March 25, 2011; retrieved 30 March 2011

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