JS Wakasa
{{short description|Futami-class oceanographic research ship of JMSDF}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
| {{Infobox ship begin
| infobox caption = }} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = File:JMSDF AGS 5104 Wakasa 20121223-01.JPG | Ship caption = JS Wakasa and JS Nichinan on 23 December 2012 }}{{Infobox ship career | Ship country = Japan | Ship flag = {{Shipboxflag|Japan|naval}} | Ship name = *Wakasa
| Ship namesake = Wakasa | Ship laid down = 21 August 1984 | Ship commissioned = 25 February 1986 | Ship launched = 21 May 1985 | Ship identification = Pennant number: AGS-5104 | Ship builder = *Hitachi, Maizuru | Ship decommissioned = | Ship status = Active | Ship reclassified = | Ship ordered = 1976 | Ship homeport = Yokosuka }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = Futami class oceanographic research ship | Ship displacement = *{{convert|2050|t|LT|lk=out|abbr=on}} standard
| Ship length = {{convert|97.0|m|ftin|lk=on|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|15|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship depth = {{convert|7.6|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship draft = {{convert|4.3|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship propulsion = *2 × Fuji 8L27.5XF diesel electric engines
| Ship speed = {{convert|16|kn|abbr=on|lk=in}} | Ship range = | Ship endurance = | Ship test depth = | Ship complement = 95 | Ship sensors = *OPS-18 surface-search radar | Ship EW = NOLR-6 | Ship armament = | Ship notes = }} |
JS Wakasa (AGS-5104) was a Futami-class oceanographic research ship for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Construction and career
Wakasa was laid down on 21 August 1984 and launched on 21 May 1985 by Hitachi Zosen Corporation Maizuru Shipyard. She was commissioned on 25 February 1986 and was incorporated into the Marine Service Corps and deployed in Yokosuka.
The fishing boat Kiyotoku Maru (7.3t), whose hull was cut off after colliding with JS Atago on February 18, 2008, was towed together with JS Muroto.
On September 18, 2009, Naoko Matsuo, 3rd class Kaisa (at that time), was appointed as the first female captain of the Maritime Self-Defense Force, and became a hot topic.{{Cite web|date=2009-10-22|title=朝雲ニュース|url=http://www.asagumo-news.com/news/200910/091015/09101504.htm|access-date=2021-05-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091022171636/http://www.asagumo-news.com/news/200910/091015/09101504.htm|archive-date=22 October 2009}}
In response to the Great East Japan Earthquake caused by the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake, she departs from Yokosuka for disaster relief. At 2:42 pm on March 21, she shipped relief supplies to the Ishinomaki City Oshika General Branch. She returned to Yokosuka on March 28.
On December 1, 2015, the Oceanographic Command Group was reorganized into the Oceanographic Command and Anti-submarine Support Group, and was incorporated into the 1st Oceanographic Observatory, which was newly formed under the same group.
Gallery
File:JMSDF AGS 5104 Wakasa.JPG|JS Wakasa on 17 June 2007
File:JMSDF AGS5104 Wakasa 20090208.JPG|JS Wakasa on 8 February 2009
File:JS Wakasa AGS-5104 DSCN2549 20111026.JPG|JS Wakasa on 26 October 2011
File:JMSDF AGS 5104 Wakasa 20121223-03.JPG|JS Wakasa and JS Nichinan on 23 December 2012
File:JMSDF AGS 5104 Wakasa 20121223-02.JPG
Citations
References
- Takao Ishibashi "All Maritime Self-Defense Force Ships 1952-2002" (Namiki Shobo, 2002).
- "World Ships Special Edition 66th Collection Maritime Self-Defense Force All Ship History" (Gaijinsha, 2004)
{{Futami-class oceanographic research ship}}
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