# JS Hirado

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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 Hirado(MSO-305) right front view at JMSDF Yokosuka Naval Base April 30, 2018 01.jpg
 | image_caption = JS ''Hirado'' and [JS Awaji](/source/JS_Awaji_(MSO-304)) on 30 April 2018
 }}

|section2={{Infobox ship/career
 | country = Japan
 | flag = {{Shipboxflag|Japan|naval}}
 | name = *''Hirado''
          *(ひらど)
 | namesake = [Hirado](/source/Hirado%2C_Nagasaki)
 | laid_down =10 April 2015
 | commissioned =16 March 2018
 | launched =10 February 2017
 | identification = [Pennant number](/source/Pennant_number): MSO-305
 | builder = *[JMU](/source/Japan_Marine_United), [Yokohama](/source/Yokohama)
 | decommissioned = 
 | status = Active
 | reclassified = 
 | ordered = 2014
 | 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 ''Hirado'' (MSO-305)''' is the second ship of the [''Awaji''-class](/source/Awaji-class_minesweeper) [minesweeper](/source/minesweeper)s of the [Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force](/source/Japan_Maritime_Self-Defense_Force) (JMSDF).

== Construction and career ==
''Hirado'' was [laid down](/source/laid_down) on 10 April 2015 and [launched](/source/Ceremonial_ship_launching) on 10 February 2017 by Japan Marine United (JMU) Yokohama Shipyard. She was [commissioned](/source/Commissioned_(ship)) on 16 March 2018, and she was then incorporated into the [1st Mine Warfare Group](/source/Mine_Warfare_Force_(Japan)) and deployed to [Yokosuka](/source/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](/source/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](/source/JS_Awaji_(MSO-304)) 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>

==References==
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{{Awaji-class minesweeper}}
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Category:Ships built by Japan Marine United
Category:2017 ships
Category:Awaji-class minesweepers

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