JS Towada (AOE-422)

JS Towada (AOE-422)
File:JS Towada returns to Hawaii, -2 Aug. 1998.jpg JS Towada on 2 August 1988.
Career (Japan)
Name:	Towada (とわだ)
Namesake:	Towada, Aomori
Owner:	Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
Builder:	Hitachi Shipbuilding Corporation, Maizuru
Laid down:	17 April 1985
Launched:	25 March 1986
Commissioned:	24 March 1987
Homeport:	Kure, Japan
Identification:	Pennant number: AOE-422 Maritime Mobile Service Identity number: 431999512
Status:	Active
General characteristics
Class & type:	Towada-class replenishment ship
Displacement:	8,100 tonnes standard
Length:	167 m (548 ft)
Beam:	22.0 m (72.2 ft)
Draught:	15.9 m (52 ft)
Propulsion:	2 × Mitsui 16V42M-A diesel engines 26,000 shp (19,388 kW) each 2 × shafts
Speed:	22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Range:	10,500 nmi (19,446 km; 12,083 mi) at 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Complement:	140
Armament:	1 × Phalanx CIWS
Aircraft carried:	1 × helicopter
Aviation facilities:	Helicopter deck

JS Towada (AOE-422) is the lead ship of the Towada-class replenishment ships of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. She was commissioned on 24 March 1987.

Construction and career

She is laid down on 17 April 1985 and launched on 25 March 1986. Commissioned on 24 March 1987 with the hull number AOE-422.

Gallery

JS Towada leaving Pearl Harbor after a goodwill visit on 1 July 1990.

JS Towada underway at Kure, Japan on 6 May 2018.