JDS Shimokita (LST-4002)
History | |
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Japan | |
Name: | JS Shimokita |
Builder: | Mitsui, Tamano |
Laid down: | 30 November 1999 |
Launched: | 29 November 2000 |
Commissioned: | 12 March 2002 |
Homeport: | Kure, Hiroshima |
Status: | in active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Ōsumi-class LST |
Displacement: | 8,900 long tons (9,000 t) standard |
Length: | 178 m (584 ft) |
Beam: | 25.8 m (85 ft) |
Propulsion: | Diesels (26,000 bhp) |
Speed: | 22 knots (25 mph; 41 km/h) |
For other ships with the same name, see JDS Shimokita.
JS Shimokita is a Ōsumi class LST of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.
The ship was built by Mitsui, Tamano and commissioned into service on 12 March 2002.[1]
Notes
- ↑ GlobalSecurity.org, LST Osumi Class, shiplist
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