{{short description|Awaji-class minesweeper of JMSDF}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image = JS Hirado(MSO-305) right front view at JMSDF Yokosuka Naval Base April 30, 2018 01.jpg | image_caption = JS ''Hirado'' and JS Awaji on 30 April 2018 }}
|section2={{Infobox ship/career | country = Japan | flag = {{Shipboxflag|Japan|naval}} | name = *''Hirado'' *(ひらど) | namesake = Hirado | laid_down =10 April 2015 | commissioned =16 March 2018 | launched =10 February 2017 | identification = Pennant number: MSO-305 | builder = *JMU, Yokohama | decommissioned = | status = Active | reclassified = | ordered = 2014 | homeport = Yokosuka }}
|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics | hide_header = | header_caption = | class = ''Awaji''-class 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 engines *2 × shafts | speed = {{convert|14|kn|abbr=on|lk=in}} | range = | endurance = | test_depth = | complement = 54 | sensors = *OPS-39H surface-search radar *OQQ-10-1 sonar *ZQS-4 sonar *OZZ-2 UUV | EW = | armament = 1 × single JM61R-MS 20mm gun | notes = | aircraft_facilities = }} }} '''JS ''Hirado'' (MSO-305)''' is the second ship of the ''Awaji''-class minesweepers of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).
== Construction and career == ''Hirado'' was laid down on 10 April 2015 and launched on 10 February 2017 by Japan Marine United (JMU) Yokohama Shipyard. She was commissioned on 16 March 2018, and she was then incorporated into the 1st Mine Warfare Group and deployed to Yokosuka.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jiji.com/jc/movie?p=mov821-movie03 |title=海自、掃海艦「ひらど」進水＝１８年３月就役予定：時事ドットコム |access-date=31 May 2021 |archive-date=23 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923002529/https://www.jiji.com/jc/movie?p=mov821-movie03 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|date= |title=掃海艦「ひらど」の引渡式・自衛艦旗授与式について |trans-title=Handover Ceremony and Presentation of the Self-Defense Force Flag for the Minesweeper "Hirado" |url=https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/201803/20180306-01.pdf |language=ja |location= |publisher=Maritime Staff Office |access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref>
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 press release |date= |title=平成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) |url=https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/201807/20180717.pdf |location= |publisher=Maritime Staff Office |access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref>
== Gallery == <gallery mode="nolines"> File:JS Awaji(MSO-304) left front view at JMSDF Yokosuka Naval Base April 30, 2018.jpg|JS ''Awaji'' and JS Awaji on 30 April 2018 File:JS Awaji(MSO-304) & Hirado(MSO-305) left front view at JMSDF Yokosuka Naval Base April 30, 2018.jpg File:JS Hirado(MSO-305) left front view at JMSDF Yokosuka Naval Base April 30, 2018.jpg File:JS Awaji(MSO-304) & Hirado(MSO-305) front view at JMSDF Yokosuka Naval Base April 30, 2018.jpg File:JS Awaji(MSO-304) & Hirado(MSO-305) right front view at JMSDF Yokosuka Naval Base April 30, 2018 02.jpg File:MSO-305 Hirrado.jpg|JS ''Hirado'' underway on 16 September 2019 </gallery>
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{{Awaji-class minesweeper}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hirado}} Category:Ships built by Japan Marine United Category:2017 ships Category:Awaji-class minesweepers