# JS Awaji

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{{short description|Awaji-class minesweeper of JMSDF}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox ship
|section1={{Infobox ship/image
 | image = JS Awaji(MSO-304) left front view at JMSDF Hanshin Base April 1, 2017 01.jpg
 | image_caption = JS ''Awaji'' on 1 April 2017
 }}

|section2={{Infobox ship/career
 | country = Japan
 | flag = {{Shipboxflag|Japan|naval}}
 | name = *''Awaji''
          *(あわじ)
 | namesake = [Awaji](/source/Awaji_Island)
 | laid_down =27 February 2014
 | commissioned =16 March 2017
 | launched =27 October 2015
 | identification = [Pennant number](/source/Pennant_number): MSO-304
 | builder = *[JMU](/source/Japan_Marine_United), [Yokohama](/source/Yokohama)
 | decommissioned = 
 | status = Active
 | reclassified = 
 | ordered = 2013
 | homeport = [Yokosuka](/source/Yokosuka)
 }}

|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics
 | hide_header = 
 | header_caption = 
 | class = [''Awaji''-class](/source/Awaji-class_minesweeper) [minesweeper](/source/minesweeper)
 | displacement = *{{convert|690|t|LT|lk=out|abbr=on}} standard
 | length = {{convert|66.8|m|ftin|lk=on|abbr=on}}
 | beam = {{convert|11|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
 | depth = {{convert|5.2|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
 | draft = {{convert|2.7|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
 | propulsion = *2 × [diesel electric engine](/source/Diesel%E2%80%93electric_transmission)s
                *2 × shafts
 | speed = {{convert|14|kn|abbr=on|lk=in}}
 | range = 
 | endurance = 
 | test_depth = 
 | complement = 54
 | sensors = *[OPS-39H](/source/OPS-9) [surface-search radar](/source/surface-search_radar)
             *[OQQ-10-1 sonar](/source/Sonar)
             *[ZQS-4 sonar](/source/Sonar)
             *[OZZ-2 UUV](/source/Autonomous_underwater_vehicle)
 | EW = 
 | armament = 1 × single [JM61R-MS 20mm gun](/source/M61_Vulcan)
 | notes = 
 | aircraft_facilities = 
 }}
}}

'''JS''' '''''Awaji''''' '''(MSO-304)''' is the [lead ship](/source/lead_ship) of the [''Awaji''-class](/source/Awaji-class_minesweeper) [minesweeper](/source/minesweeper) of [Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force](/source/Japan_Maritime_Self-Defense_Force) (JMSDF).

== Construction and career ==
''Awaji'' was [laid down](/source/laid_down) on 27 February 2014 and [launched](/source/Ceremonial_ship_launching) on 27 October 2015 by Japan Marine United (JMU) Yokohama Shipyard.<ref>{{Citation|title=海上自衛隊 新型掃海艦「あわじ」進水 深い位置の機雷除去も可能に|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSwP8MG2dYE |language=en|access-date=2021-05-31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=INC|first=SANKEI DIGITAL|date=2015-10-27|title=海自の新型掃海艦の進水式 「あわじ」と命名 ２９年３月就役予定|url=https://www.sankei.com/article/20151027-QZNRE6BPVBMRHOSG3S654VYUFA/ |access-date=2021-05-31|website=産経ニュース|language=ja}}</ref> She was [commissioned](/source/Commissioned_(ship)) on 16 March 2017, and then she was incorporated into the [1st Mine Warfare Group](/source/Mine_Warfare_Force_(Japan)) and deployed to [Yokosuka](/source/Yokosuka).<ref>{{cite web|website=mod.go.jp|access-date=24 April 2024|url=https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/info/news/201703/20170307-01.pdf |title=Press release|language=ja|archive-date=2 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214741/https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/formal/info/news/201703/20170307-01.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> From July 18 to July 30, 2027, she participated in mine warfare training and minesweeping special training in [Mutsu Bay](/source/Mutsu_Bay).

From July 18 to July 30, 2018, she conducted mine warfare training and some Japan-US-India joint minesweeping special training in Mutsu Bay.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/201807/20180717.pdf |title=Press release|language=ja|website=mod.go.jp|access-date=24 April 2024}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode="nolines">
File:MSO 304 Awaji.jpg|JS ''Awaji'' on 18 March 2017
File:JS Awaji(MSO-304).jpg|JS ''Awaji'' on 22 April 2017
File:JS Awaji(MSO-304) left front view at JMSDF Yokosuka Naval Base April 30, 2018.jpg|JS ''Awaji'' and [JS Hirado](/source/JS_Hirado_(MSO-305)) on 30 April 2018 
</gallery>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
* ''Chapter 6 Third Defense Era, 25 Years of the Maritime Self-Defense Force'', Maritime Staff Office, 1980.
* Hiroshi Nagata, ''What is required of future self-defense ships (new type of Maritime Self-Defense Force), Ships of the World'', No. 550, Gaijinsha, April 1999, pp.&nbsp;69–73

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