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JDS Hayase
JDS ''Hayase'' (MST-462) was a minesweeper for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force , abbreviated , also simply known as the Japanese Navy, is the maritime warfare branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, tasked with the naval defense of Japan. The JMSDF was formed following the dissolution of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) .... Development The Maritime Self-Defense Force purchased the LST-542 class tank landing ship USS Hamilton County, which was retired from the United States Navy, U.S. Navy, and after making certain modifications, she has been operating as a mine sweeper tender JDS Hayatomo since June 1960. The ship was useful as a tender, except that she had plenty of space inside her and was sluggish, but she was completed in 1944 and was an old ship, and it was hoped that her replacement ship will be built. Therefore, a new mine sweeper tender was to be built in the 1969 plan during the Third Defense Build-up Plan. Design In terms of design, JDS Sōya has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennant Number
In the Royal Navy and other navies of Europe and the Commonwealth of Nations, ships are identified by pennant number (an internationalisation of ''pendant number'', which it was called before 1948). Historically, naval ships flew a flag that identified a flotilla or type of vessel. For example, the Royal Navy used a red burgee for torpedo boats and a pennant with an H for torpedo boat destroyers. Adding a number to the type-identifying flag uniquely identified each ship. In the current system, a letter prefix, called a ''flag superior'', identifies the type of ship, and numerical suffix, called a flag inferior, uniquely identifies an individual ship. Not all pennant numbers have a flag superior. Royal Navy systems The Royal Navy first used pennants to distinguish its ships in 1661 with a proclamation that all of his majesty's ships must fly a union pennant. This distinction was further strengthened by a proclamation in 1674 which forbade merchant vessels from flying any pennants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |