JS Awaji

	JS Awaji on 1 April 2017
History
Japan
Name	Awaji; (あわじ);
Namesake	Awaji
Ordered	2013
Builder	JMU, Yokohama
Laid down	27 February 2014
Launched	27 October 2015
Commissioned	16 March 2017
Homeport	Yokosuka
Identification	Pennant number: MSO-304
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and type	Awaji-class minesweeper
Displacement	690 t (680 long tons) standard
Length	66.8 m (219 ft 2 in)
Beam	11 m (36 ft 1 in)
Draft	2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)
Depth	5.2 m (17 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	2 × diesel electric engines; 2 × shafts;
Speed	14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	54
Sensors and ; processing systems	OPS-39H surface-search radar; OQQ-10-1 sonar; ZQS-4 sonar; OZZ-2 UUV;
Armament	1 × single JM61R-MS 20mm guns

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Awaji was laid down on 27 February 2014 and launched on 27 October 2015 by Japan Marine United Yokohama Shipyard.^[1]^[2] She was commissioned on 16 March 2017 and was incorporated It was incorporated into the 1st Mine Warfare Group and deployed to Yokosuka.^[3] From July 18 to July 30 of the same year, participated in mine warfare training and minesweeping special training in Mutsu Bay.

From July 18 to July 30, 2018, she conducted a mine warfare training and a Japan-US-India joint minesweeping special training in Mutsu Bay.^[4]

[1]
海上自衛隊新型掃海艦「あわじ」進水深い位置の機雷除去も可能に, retrieved 31 May 2021
[2]
INC, SANKEI DIGITAL (27 October 2015). "海自の新型掃海艦の進水式「あわじ」と命名２９年３月就役予定". 産経ニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 31 May 2021.
[3]
"Press release" (PDF). mod.go.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
[4]
"Press release" (PDF). mod.go.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 April 2024.

Chapter 6 Third Defense Era, 25 Years of the Maritime Self-Defense Force, Maritime Staff Office, 1980.
Hiroshi Nagata, What is required of future self-defense ships (new type of Maritime Self-Defense Force), Ships of the World, No. 550, Gaijinsha, April 1999, pp. 69–73

Construction and career

History
JS Awaji on 1 April 2017
Japan
Name	Awaji (あわじ)
Namesake	Awaji
Ordered	2013
Builder	JMU, Yokohama
Laid down	27 February 2014
Launched	27 October 2015
Commissioned	16 March 2017
Homeport	Yokosuka
Identification	Pennant number: MSO-304
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and type	Awaji-class minesweeper
Displacement	690 t (680 long tons) standard
Length	66.8 m (219 ft 2 in)
Beam	11 m (36 ft 1 in)
Draft	2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)
Depth	5.2 m (17 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	2 × diesel electric engines 2 × shafts
Speed	14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	54
Sensors and processing systems	OPS-39H surface-search radar OQQ-10-1 sonar ZQS-4 sonar OZZ-2 UUV
Armament	1 × single JM61R-MS 20mm guns