Mashū-class replenishment ship

The Mashū class is a series of replenishment oilers of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. They are built from 2002 to 2004. The ships have the hull designator AOE.[1]

JS Mashū underway in the Persian Gulf on 22 September 2006.
Class overview
Builders:	Hitachi Shipbuilding Corporation, Maizuru Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries, Tokyo
Operators:	Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Preceded by:	Towada class
Planned:	2
Completed:	2
Active:	2
General characteristics
Type:	Fast combat support ship
Displacement:	13,500 tonnes standard 25,000 tonnes full load
Length:	221 m (725 ft)
Beam:	27.0 m (88.6 ft)
Draught:	8.0 m (26.2 ft)
Propulsion:	2 × Kawasaki Rolls Royce Spey SM1C gas turbines 40,000 shp (29,828 kW) each 2 × shafts
Speed:	24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Range:	9,500 nmi (17,594 km; 10,932 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement:	150
Sensors and processing systems:	OPS-28 Surface Search RDF OPS-20 Navigation RDF
Electronic warfare & decoys:	NOLR-8 RDF Interceptor Mk.137 decoy launchers
Armament:	2 × Phalanx CIWS
Aircraft carried:	1 × helicopter
Aviation facilities:	Helicopter deck and enclosed hangar

The Mashū class was designed as an enlarged, improved version of the Towada-class fast combat support ships. The vessels are capable of mounting 2 Phalanx CIWS by design. They are in commission from 2004 onwards.[2]

List of ships

Name	Number	Laid down	Launched	Completed	Commissioned	Homeport	Status
Mashū (ましゅう)	AOE-425	21 January 2002	5 February 2003	15 March 2004	3 April 2006	Maizuru	Active
Ōmi (おうみ)	AOE-426	7 February 2003	19 February 2004	3 March 2005	3 April 2006	Yokosuka	Active

Gallery

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  JS Mashū in Maizuru Naval Base on 13 April 2019.
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  JS Ōmi underway in January 2017.

References

1. Wertheim, Eric (2013). The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World, 16th Edition. Naval Institute Press. p. 377. ISBN 978-1591149545.
2. "Materials of IJN (JMSDF Vessels - Mashu class Combat support ships)". admiral31.world.coocan.jp. Retrieved 2020-10-01.

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