JS Uraga
{{short description|JMSDF mine countermeasure vessel}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = File:MST463uraga.jpg | Ship caption = JS Uraga }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = Japan | Ship flag = {{Shipboxflag|Japan|naval}} | Ship name = *Uraga
| Ship namesake = Uraga | Ship ordered = 1994 | Ship awarded = | Ship builder = Hitachi, Maizuru | Ship original cost = | Ship yard number = | Ship way number = | Ship laid down = 19 May 1995 | Ship launched = 22 May 1996 | Ship sponsor = | Ship christened = | Ship completed = | Ship acquired = | Ship commissioned = 19 March 1997 | Ship decommissioned = | Ship renamed = | Ship reclassified = | Ship refit = | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship homeport = Yokosuka | Ship identification = *{{MMSI Number|431999558}}
| Ship motto = | Ship nickname = | Ship honours = | Ship fate = | Ship status = Active | Ship notes = | Ship badge = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = {{sclass|Uraga|mine countermeasures ship}} | Ship displacement = *{{convert|5650|t|LT|lk=out|abbr=on}} standard
| Ship length = {{convert|141|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|22|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship draft = {{convert|14|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship depth = {{convert|5.4|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship propulsion = *2 × Mitsui 12V42M-A Diesel
| Ship speed = {{convert|22|kn}} | Ship range = | Ship endurance = | Ship boats = | Ship troops = | Ship complement = 170 | Ship sensors = *OPS-39C
| Ship EW = *NOLR-8
| Ship armament = *2 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
| Ship armor = | Ship aircraft facilities = Hangar and helipad | Ship notes = }} |
JS Uraga (MST-463), a ship of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, is the lead ship of the {{sclass|Uraga|mine countermeasure vessel}}s.
Construction and career
Uraga was laid down at Hitachi Zosen Corporation Maizuru Shipyard on 19 May 1995 and launched on 22 May 1996. She was commissioned on 19 May 1997.{{Cite book|last=|first=|title=World Ships Special Edition 66th Collection Maritime Self-Defense Force All Ship History|publisher=Gaijinsha|year=2004|isbn=|location=|pages=}} She was transferred to the Yokosuka District Force.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}
On 7 November 1999, she conducted transportation training for Japanese nationals abroad around Yokosuka and Sagami Bay. In this training, {{ship|JS|Shirane}}, {{ship|JS|Murasame}}, {{ship|JS|Amagiri}}, {{ship|JS|Towada|AOE-422|6}}, and the Ground Self-Defense Force also participated. A guidance team formed by the 1st Airborne Brigade participated.{{Cite web|title=月刊『コミューン』 9月号|url=http://www.zenshin.org/com/com298/com_298_t3.htm|access-date=2021-02-23|website=www.zenshin.org}}{{Cite web|title=在外邦人を自衛隊の船舶、航空機で ～在外邦人等輸送訓練～|url=http://www.clearing.mod.go.jp/hakusho_data/2000/column/frame/ak122000.htm|access-date=2021-02-23|website=www.clearing.mod.go.jp}}
On 13 March 2000, the minesweeping force was reorganized and incorporated as a ship under direct control.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}
On 25 November 2001, she departed for the Arabian Sea for cooperation and support activities based on the Act on Special Measures Against Terrorism. On 12 December, she entered the port of Karachi, Pakistan with the escort ship {{ship|JS|Sawagiri}}, and put together 1,025 tents, 18,600 blankets, 7,925 vinyl sheets, 19,980 sleeping mats, and 19,600 water containers for the High Commissioner for Refugees. Handed over to the office. She left Karachi Port on 13 December for Japan and returned on 31 December.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}
From 21 April to 7 May 2004, she participated in the second Western Pacific minesweeping training conducted in the waters around Singapore with the minesweeper {{ship|JS|Hachijō|MSO-303|6}} and {{ship|JS|Ukushima}}.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}
On 4 August 2005, Russia was dispatched to rescue the Russian deep-sea rescue boat AS28, which was unable to surface off the coast of Petropavlovsk Kamchatsky, Uraga alongside the submarine rescue ship {{ship|JS|Chiyoda|1983|6}}, {{ship|JS|Yugeshima}}, {{ship|JS|Uwajima}}. She returns on the 7th of the same month after a successful rescue of an airlifted British unmanned submersible. She is the first Maritime Self-Defense Force to carry out an international rescue mission. On 25 November, the same year, at the request of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, she was dispatched to Karachi, Pakistan, along with the escort ship JS Sawagiri to carry supplies such as tents and blankets for refugees in Afghanistan. After she carried out the relief supplies, she broke up with Sawagiri and returned to Japan on 31 December.{{Cite web|title=Japan: Donation of relief materials for Afghan refugees based on the anti-terrorism special measures law - Afghanistan|url=https://reliefweb.int/report/afghanistan/japan-donation-relief-materials-afghan-refugees-based-anti-terrorism-special|access-date=2021-02-23|website=ReliefWeb|date=12 December 2001 |language=en}}
On 16 July 2007, a disaster dispatch was carried out in the Niigata Chuetsu-oki Earthquake that occurred.
On 11 March 2011, she was dispatched to the Great East Japan Earthquake caused by the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake. At the time of the earthquake, the Universal Shipbuilding Keihin Plant was inspecting annually, and because the engine was overhauled, it was not possible to dispatch immediately, so we will participate from 18 April after completion.
In September of the same year, she was the first JMSDF ship to call with the {{ship|JS|Tsushima|MSO-302|6}} at Da Nang Port in Vietnam and at Port Blair in the Andaman Islands, Indian Ocean.{{Cite web|title=Japan self-defence ships visit Da Nang|url=http://www.danang.gov.vn/TabID/76/CID/695/ItemID/27126/default.aspx|access-date=2021-02-23|website=www.webcitation.org|archive-date=25 May 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240525222604/https://www.webcitation.org/672vt5DGF?url=http://www.danang.gov.vn/TabID/76/CID/695/ItemID/27126/default.aspx|url-status=dead}} After that, she was called at Bahrain, Minasalman on 14 October, and participated in a multilateral minesweeping training co-sponsored by the United States and the United Kingdom in the Persian Gulf off Bahrain from the following 15th to 30th, and returned to Japan on 1 December.
She participated in the US-sponsored international minesweeping training held in the Persian Gulf from 16 to 27 September 2012 with the minesweeper JS Hachijō.{{Cite web|date=2013-02-01|title=米主催国際掃海訓練について|url=https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/info/news/201207/072001.pdf|access-date=2021-02-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130201151057/http://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/info/news/201207/072001.pdf|archive-date=1 February 2013}}
From 4 to 26 April 2016, she participated in the 4th International Minesweeper Training hosted by the United States with the minesweeper {{ship|JS|Takashima}} in the waters around the Arabian Peninsula.
On 1 July 2016, due to the reorganization of the Mine Warfare Force, the ships under the direct control of the group were abolished and incorporated into the 1st Mine Warfare Force.{{Cite web | url=https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/info/news/201602/20160224-01.pdf | title=米国主催第4回国際掃海訓練への参加について 海上自衛隊は、 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914165603/https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/info/news/201602/20160224-01.pdf | archive-date=2018-09-14 | trans-title=Regarding participation in the 4th International Minesweeping Exercise hosted by the United States, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force | language=ja}}
From 18 to 30 July 2018, she will conduct mine warfare training and special training for Japan-US-India joint minesweeping in Mutsu Bay.{{Cite web | url=https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/201807/20180717.pdf | language=ja | title=30年度機雷戦訓練(陸奥湾) 及び掃海特別訓練(日米印共同訓練)の実施について | trans-title=FY2018 Mine Warfare Training (Mutsu Bay) and Special Minesweeping Training (Japan-US-India Joint Training)}}
Gallery
File:Operating room in JMSDF Uraga (MST-463).jpg|JS Uraga
File:Curry and rice at JMSDF Uraga (MST-463).jpg|Food aboard JS Uraga
File:JMSDF Uraga (MST-463) in 2011-12 6.jpg|JS Uraga
File:JS Uraga sails toward Yokosuka after the SDF Fleet Review 2006 b.jpg|JS Uraga underway in 2006.
File:JS Uraga in SDF Fleet Review 2009 exercise day 1 a.jpg|JS Uraga underway during Fleet Review 2009.
File:JMSDF MST463 Uraga 20090208.JPG|JS Uraga on 8 February 2009.
File:JMSDF MST463 Uraga 20090208-2.JPG|JS Uraga on 8 February 2009.
File:JS Uraga and JS Bungo at Yokosuka, -Oct. 2009 a.jpg|JS Uraga and {{ship|JS|Bungo}} at Yokosuka on 22 October 2009.
File:JMSDF Uraga (MST-463) in 2011-12 1.jpg|JS Uraga on 4 December 2011.
File:JMSDF Uraga (MST-463) in 2011-12 2.jpg|JS Uraga on 4 December 2011.
File:JMSDF Uraga (MST-463) in 2011-12 4.jpg|JS Uraga{{'}}s helipad on 4 December 2011.
File:JMSDF Uraga (MST-463) in 2011-12 5.jpg|JS Uraga on 4 December 2011.
File:JS Uraga, USS Pioneer and USS Ardent in IMCMEX 12, -20 Sep. 2012 a.jpg|JS Uraga alongside {{USS|Pioneer|MCM-9|6}} and {{USS|Ardent|MCM-12|6}} on 20 September 2012.
File:OPS-20 and OPS-14C on board JS Uraga (MST-463), -2 Jun. 2013 a.webm|JS Uraga{{'}}s radar OPS-20 and OPS-14C on 2 June 2013.
File:INS Kadmatt (P29) with JS Uraga (MST-463) during an exercise.jpg|JS Uraga with {{INS|Kadmatt|P29|2}} during an exercise.
References
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{{Uraga-class mine countermeasure ships}}
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Category:Mine warfare vessels of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force