JS Hashidate

For other ships with the same name, see Japanese ship Hashidate.

JS Hashidate
History
Japan
Name	Hashidate (はしだて)
Namesake	Hashidate (1939)
Builder	Kawasaki Heavy Industries
Cost	¥69 billion
Laid down	26 October 1998
Launched	26 July 1999
Commissioned	30 November 1999
Homeport	Yokosuka
Identification	Pennant number: AYS-91 MMSI number: 431999642 Callsign: JSOQ
Status	Active
General characteristics
Type	Accommodation ship
Displacement	400 tonnes (394 long tons), Standard 490 tonnes (482 long tons), Full load
Length	62.0 m (203 ft 5 in)
Beam	9.4 m (30 ft 10 in)
Draught	2.0 m (6 ft 7 in)
Depth	4.6 m (15 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	2 x Niigata Engineering Co., Ltd. 16V16FX diesel engine 5,500 hp (4,100 kW) 2 x shafts Bow thrusters
Speed	Surfaced: 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	29

JS Hashidate (AYS-91) is an accommodation ship of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force. She was commissioned on 30 November 1999.

Construction and career

Hashidate was laid down on 26 October 1998 at the Hitachi Shipbuilding Kanagawa Plant as Plan No. 91 of 1997, launched on 26 July 1999, and commissioned on 30 November 1999. Deployed to Yokosuka under the control of the Yokosuka District Force.

On 19 August 2009, participated in the joint disaster relief training of the JMSDF / East Nippon Expressway Aqualine Management Office at the Umihotaru parking area of Tokyo Bay Aqualine. After the training, it was opened to the public and 1000 people were on board.

In response to the Great East Japan Earthquake caused by the Tohoku-Pacific Ocean Earthquake that occurred on 11 March 2011, 75 minutes after the earthquake, Yokosuka departed urgently for disaster dispatch.

Participated in transportation training for people who have difficulty returning home in Tokyo on 3 February 2012. She transported people who had difficulty returning home from Ariake Pier to Chiba.

On 18 May 2016, she entered the Maizuru base for the first time for student education, western resistance training, and disaster relief dispatch for the Maizuru Education Corps. On 24 May, she left Maizuru base and headed for Sasebo. On the way, she sailed off the coast of Amanohashidate, which was the origin of the name.

Gallery

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  JS Hashidate, date unknown.
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  JS Hashidate, date unknown.
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  JS Hashidate, date unknown.
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  JS Hashidate on 17 October 2007.
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  JS Hashidate at Yokosuka on 30 April 2018.
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  JS Hashidate at Yokosuka on 30 April 2018.
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  JS Hashidate at Yokosuka on 30 April 2018.

References

• 石橋孝夫『海上自衛隊全艦船 1952-2002』並木書房、2002年。