JS ''Hamana'' (AOE-424) is the third ship of the s of the
Japanese 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) ...
. She was commissioned on 29 March 1990.
Construction and career
She is
laid down
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Keel laying is one o ...
on 8 July 1988 and
launched on 18 May 1989.
Commissioned on 29 March 1990 with the hull number AOE-424.
On 19 February 2021,
USS Curtis Wilbur
USS ''Curtis Wilbur'' (DDG-54) is the fourth guided missile destroyer. ''Curtis Wilbur'' was named for Curtis D. Wilbur, forty-third Secretary of the Navy, who served under President Calvin Coolidge. In 2016, she was based at Yokosuka, Japan, ...
and
French frigate Prairial conducted a replenishment with JS ''Hamana''.
On 21 May 2022, the ''Hamana'', the
JS ''Makinami'' (DD-112), and the
JS ''Asahi'' (DD-119) sighted the
PLAN
A plan is typically any diagram or list of steps with details of timing and resources, used to achieve an objective to do something. It is commonly understood as a temporal set of intended actions through which one expects to achieve a goal.
...
''Liaoning'' carrier strike group
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going towards
Miyako-jima
is the largest and the most populous island among the Miyako Islands of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Miyako Island is administered as part of the City of Miyakojima, which includes not only Miyako Island, but also five other populated island ...
.
Gallery
File:011218-N-9236M-079 Japanese supply ship w-U.S. Cruiser.jpg, USS Antietam
Three ships of the United States Navy have been named USS ''Antietam'', after the Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Antietam (), or Battle of Sharpsburg particularly in the Southern United States, was a battle of the American Civil War foug ...
coming alongside JS ''Hamana'' for refueling 18 December 2001.
File:JS Hamana, -18 Dec. 2001 a.jpg, USS Antietam
Three ships of the United States Navy have been named USS ''Antietam'', after the Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Antietam (), or Battle of Sharpsburg particularly in the Southern United States, was a battle of the American Civil War foug ...
coming alongside JS ''Hamana'' for refueling 18 December 2001.
File:JS Hamana (AOE-424) prepares to send a refueling probe, -18 Dec. 2001 a.jpg, USS Antietam
Three ships of the United States Navy have been named USS ''Antietam'', after the Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Antietam (), or Battle of Sharpsburg particularly in the Southern United States, was a battle of the American Civil War foug ...
refueling with JS ''Hamana'' on 18 December 2001.
File:US Navy 111102-N-ZZ999-179 The amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) pulls alongside the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force oiler JS Ham.jpg, USS Tortuga pulls alongside JS Hamana for refueling on 2 November 2011.
File:JS Hamana (AOE-424) replenishes USS McCampbell (DDG-85) and JS Ariake (DD-109) in the Pacific, -13 Nov. 2012 a.jpg, JS Ariake and USS McCampbell refueling alongside JS ''Hamana'' on 13 November 2012.
References
External links
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Ships of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Ships built by Hitachi Zosen Corporation
1989 ships
Towada-class replenishment ships