JS Muroto (2012)
![]() JS Muroto on 5 May 2016
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Name |
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Namesake | Muroto |
Ordered | 2009 |
Builder | Mitsubishi, Tokyo |
Laid down | 7 September 2011 |
Launched | 5 July 2012 |
Commissioned | 15 March 2013 |
Identification |
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Status | Active |
Class overview | |
Preceded by | Muroto class (1979) |
General characteristics | |
Type | Cable layer |
Displacement |
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Length | 131 m (429 ft 9 in) |
Beam | 19 m (62 ft 4 in) |
Draft | 5.7 m (18 ft 8 in) |
Depth | 11 m (36 ft 1 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
Complement | 110 |
Sensors and processing systems |
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JS Muroto (ARC-483) is a cable laying ship of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Development and design
The second generation Muroto was built with a budget in 2009 as a successor ship due to the deterioration of the predecessor
The construction cost is about 28.4 billion yen. The predecessor Muroto was retired on 4 April 2012 without waiting for the commissioning of this ship.
Construction and career
The vessel was
From 19 August to 8 November 2014, Muroto participated in the 34th Guam Island Dispatch Training and conducted laying training in the Guam Island area. From 31 July to 24 September 2015, the ship participated in the 35th Guam Island Dispatch Training, and with the cooperation of the United States Navy, conducted laying training in the Guam Island area.[1] On 1 December 2015, the Oceanographic Command was reorganized into the Oceanographic Command/Anti-submarine Support Group.
From 1 July to 18 August 2016, Muroto participated in the 36th Guam Island Dispatch Training and conducted laying training in the Guam Island area with the cooperation of the United States Navy.[2] From 10 June to 3 August 2017, she participated in the 37th Guam Island Dispatch Training and conducted laying training in the Guam Island area with the cooperation of the United States Navy.[3]
From 20 October to 17 December 2018, Muroto participated in the 2018 Guam Island Dispatch Training (38th) and conducted laying training in the Guam Island area with the cooperation of the United States Navy.
Gallery
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JS Muroto, date unknown.
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JS Muroto on 25 August 2013.
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JS Muroto and JS Haruyuki on 25 August 2013.
References
- ^ https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/201606/20160628-01.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/201507/20150721-02.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/201706/20170606-01.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/201810/20181016.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/201910/20191015-3.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ https://www.mod.go.jp/msdf/release/202009/20200925-3.pdf [bare URL PDF]