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JS Towada
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JS Towada (AOE-422) is the lead ship of the Towada-class replenishment ships of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. She was commissioned on 24 March 1987.[1][2]
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Namesake | Lake Towada |
Owner | Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force |
Builder | Hitachi Shipbuilding Corporation, Maizuru |
Laid down | 17 April 1985 |
Launched | 25 March 1986 |
Commissioned | 24 March 1987 |
Homeport | Kure, Japan |
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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 |
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